So is the enemy of the people.
Righto.
At the time of the Revolution the riflemen of the back country were masters of a weapon that in several aspects was much more effective than anything commonly used by the British Army.
As a large detachment of that army discovered at King’s Mountain, and a great many British officers found out over the course of the war.
The long rifle was not, however, a viable weapon in a full-bore battle. Took several times as long to load. It wasn’t till the 1860s that a rapid-loading rifle became available. When it did, the days of massed infantry assaults were over, though it took another 50 years for the generals to get it thru their heads.