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To: rjsimmons
Once a firearm reaches a certain calibre, it no longer falls into the arms definition, but then becomes ordnance.

So the Green Mountain boys captured ordnance from Fort Ti... not arms?

13 posted on 07/16/2004 9:21:51 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: rhombus
I would have to say, yes to Ordnance and arms. Canon are ordnance, muskets are arms...
14 posted on 07/16/2004 9:23:22 AM PDT by Zavien Doombringer (If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
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To: rhombus
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So the Green Mountain boys captured ordnance from Fort Ti... not arms?


Yup. Ordnance. Not Arms.

17 posted on 07/16/2004 9:29:24 AM PDT by rjsimmons
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