Thursday, January 10, 2013

Having the Means

The principal reason the colonists won the American Revolution is that they possessed weapons equivalent in power and precision to those of the British government. [More]
Well, that's changed, but we are everywhere, and I have no doubt that upgrade transfers would soon be forthcoming.

[Via Mike McNulty]

2 comments:

  1. Not to mention that some colonists (Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, say) had those newfangled Kentucky Rifles, which were a whole lot more accurate than those smoothbore muskets.

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  2. Was thinking the same thing . The "civilians" had better arms than the military . I think we have some catching up to do

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