[School of Rational Thought]

One can only wonder if these emotionally bent gun-grabbers would have had pioneer wagon trains go without arms and depend only on the cavalry.

[muawiyah]

Yes, they would. Read about the various wars that occured at the time of Bacon's Rebellion. The Quakers then in Pennsylvania and Maryland demanded the settlers in the frontier regions NOT BE ARMED.

William Penn made a big mistake bringing those guys here.