[Dead Corpse]

The ships were property. It wasn't the SHIP the US FedGov gave permission to, but the ships owner and crew. You are going through quite a few contortions of meaning here.

Intentional or not.

[rjsimmons]

Quote The ships were property. It wasn't the SHIP the US FedGov gave permission to, but the ships owner and crew. You are going through quite a few contortions of meaning here. Intentional or not.

Definitely wasn't my itention. What I was trying to distinguish is the intent of the 2A and how privateers were utilized. Quite a stretch from the original thread, but a good line of conversation anyways.