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This might be a dumb question, maybe not.

How many "Big Y's, Super Stop N Shops, and other large food store chains were there around at the time of the birth of our nation.

How many people went "food shopping" on a weekly basis like we do now?

I think a great many people back then who didn't raise their own animals for food, probably hunted for their own food.

Having a gun for hunting as well as self defense was a matter of survival, plain and simple.

Seems to me there was a bit of political strife happening during that era, so having a firearm for personal protection was key.

There are still vast areas of this country where fire arm ownership is a matter of survival today.

"I think a great many people back then who didn't raise their own animals for food, probably hunted for their own food."

Correct. I still have my grandfathers shotgun and mounted elk-head. He hunted Duck and Elk to put food on the table in North Dakota. Without it, they would have starved. And that was in the the 1930's and 40's.