Board:   [DoveNet] Firearms
Subject: Re: the American Traditio
From:    JIMMY ANDERSON
Date:    Sun Jun 26, 2022 14:43

@VIA: OTHETA
-=> MOONDOG wrote to KAELON <=-


 MO> Manufacturing and private ownership in the States was also a must have
 MO>in the early days due to the king not having the money or sympathy to
 MO> protect the new colonists from natives and aggressors from other
 MO> countries.  Telling the subjects to arm themselves was a critical move
 MO> towards not needing a king and hisarmy.

Add to this discussion the fact that "civilians shouldn't own military
hardware" is another misnomer... Civilians WERE the military, and they
could own canons, battleships, you name it!




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