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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, the Founders were indeed running around the countryside shooting up small animals with the most advanced military rifles available to them.

Then they shot the British when the British tried to take those rifles.

This country was literally created by people who refused to have their guns confiscated. [/quote]

BS!  [/quote]

You don't remember One if by land, two if by sea?  Real Americans studied this stuff in school.  Paperwork Americans didn't have this stuff on the citizenship test.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-3/apush-the-american-revolution/a/lexington-and-concord

About 700 British Army regulars in Boston, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy Colonial military supplies (arms, ammo and gun powder) reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot leaders had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. On the night before the battle, warning of the British expedition had been rapidly sent from Boston to militias in the area by several riders, including Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott, with information about British plans. The initial mode of the Army's arrival by water was signaled from the Old North Church in Boston to Charlestown using lanterns to communicate "one if by land, two if by sea". (aka the midnight ride)

The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. Eight militiamen were killed, including Ensign Robert Munroe, their third in command.[10] The British suffered only one casualty. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Concord, where they broke apart into companies to search for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 400 militiamen engaged 100 regulars from three companies of the King's troops at about 11:00 am, resulting in casualties on both sides. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the bridge and rejoined the main body of British forces in Concord.

It's really sad if you don't know this part of our nations history.  Then again Common Core requires little education on the subject:  http://newbostonpost.com/2016/04/18/to-bring-back-u-s-history-first-repeal-common-core/[/quote]

Hey, I suggest the Revolutionary War was not about guns.  But, if you are heading to war with someone, you, of course, first go after their weapons and supply lines.  Doesn't make the war about guns.

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