” It (2A) says there are certain weapons that you just can’t own. Even during when it was passed, you couldn’t own a cannon. You can’t own a machine gun.… No, I’m serious.”
It says no such thing. And yes, if you could afford to buy and feed one, one, you most certainly COULD own a cannon and some did.
a relative owns a cannon
fires it every Independence Day
the cops always show up
they chat for awhile
and then leave
“you most certainly COULD own a cannon and some did”
I’ve known 2 people who owned cannons.
And even today, it is possible to own a machine gun.
Ships were the mobile weapons platforms of their day. The majority were in private hands.
What the heck does he think "Letters of Marque and Reprisal" were about? Jumping up in the air and shouting "boo!"?
Let's not even get into private forts of which there were any number.