[FreedomPoster]

Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with Letters of Marque and Reprisal in the Constitution. This implies private ownership of large shipboard cannons was expected. That goes well beyond sling shots, does it not, Bob?

[Scrambler Bob]

That goes well beyond sling shots, does it not, Bob?
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Yep.

I just read some narratives of sailors on Privateers in the early 1800s. They had cannons.

Sling shots for youngsters. And at about 8 they can get cannons with the rest of us.