My comment was meant light-heartedly but I like your argument and I'll think on it some more. Do you have evidence?
The evidence is what happened to France's economy after the Huguenots took flight. The huguenots invented the milled soap processess, did wonders with textiles and machinery and implements. The fled France to England(what ones weren't killed) and took that prowess and engineering light with them.
Many of the inventions and innovations such as the steam engine were from descendents of the Huguenots. Political reforms and even the Birth of our nation can be traced to the diaspora of the Huguenots from France. The French then as now always had a way of cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Many of our leading forefathers were of huguenot descent.
These Protestants had a primitive(in some eyes) faith in Jesus Christ and in his grace. The weight of sin was lifted from them...they saw the world with different eyes, new innovations came to them, new thoughts and dreams birthed of the freedom of the Holy Spirit took hold of them. They were a virile people of faith who gave up their arms in the name of conciliation to the the Catholic queen of france at the time ...who then turned around and attacked them. Had it not been for their arms...the Catholic monarchy would have destroyed them out of bigotry long ago. The Huguenots were't disloyal to the monarchy but they defied Catholicism. They were pursuaded to lay down their arms as many were pursuaded that to live by means of arms was not the Christian thing to do... this was basically the reason why the Huguenots let down their guard.
It was in memory of the Huguenots amongst other reasons that inspired the writing of the second Amendment!