To: spunkets
272 posted on
08/22/2006 4:06:09 PM PDT by
GulfBreeze
(No one can show me one shred of evidence that atheists even exist.)
To: GulfBreeze
"You prove it." You can't prove a negative genius.
To: GulfBreeze
Check your history. Privateers - fully armed warships, in the hands of ordinary citizens.
275 posted on
08/22/2006 4:11:35 PM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: GulfBreeze; spunkets
Spunkets is correct. Artillery pieces, naval artillery in particular, were owned by private citizens at the time the Constitution was ratified. (To borrow from Sen. Miller, what do you think those privateers with letters of marque used on the high seas? Spit wads?!)
291 posted on
08/22/2006 5:53:18 PM PDT by
Redcloak
(Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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