To: FreedomPoster
No… the letters merely gave you authorization to attack hostile nations shipping on Americas behalf. They were not necessary for you to arm your ship for mere self defense against pirates.
19 posted on
08/12/2023 7:34:06 AM PDT by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: DesertRhino
No… the letters merely gave you authorization to attack hostile nations shipping on Americas behalf. They were not necessary for you to arm your ship for mere self defense against pirates. Yes, because as an American citizen you had the God-given right to buy any arm that you could afford, a right that shall not be infringed upon.
27 posted on
08/12/2023 12:40:50 PM PDT by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: DesertRhino
The point is that you would never have had the capability to do that without the private ownership of ships with multiple cannons. Private ownership of crew-served weapons (multiples of them!) is allowed in the Constitution as implied by that section.
29 posted on
08/12/2023 7:46:57 PM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
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