They are fond of saying, “But the most advanced weapons available when the Second Amendment was written were muskets!” Well, muzzleloaders ARE MUSKETS! And these Communist maniacs want to BAN THEM ALSO!!!
Some of them. In the day, muskets were smooth bore military long arms. Some of the Colonists used them in the Rev War, most used long barreled smooth bore fouling pieces which could be loaded with either shot or round balls. A number of Colonists, mainly from the backwoods, used longrifles, with rifled barrels. Most replicas made today are copies of Pennsylvania or Kentucky type longrifles. Very few real muskets out there now.