You would love this ruling from the Georgia State Supreme Court in 1846 after the state banned handguns back then.
19. * Nunn v. State, 1 Ga. (1 Kel.) 243, at 251 (1846).
“’The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.’ The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of a free State.”
Whoopee
Sling shots
BB Guns
Rocks
Pointed sticks
Cannons made of pipe and firecrackers
And handguns in 1847 where for the most part single shot percussion or older flintlock guns. Colt's first revolver, the Patterson, came out in 1836, but there were very few available at that time and Colt's newer revolvers really didn't appear on the market for sale to the general public until around the 1849 to 1851 time frame.