MechDvtEngr wrote:
Please, let us start with the basics. The weapon that won our Revolutionary War and fought the War of 1812 to a draw was the Kaintuck Toothpick and not a firearm! I suggest that you try walking down a street in any metropolitan area in America with a (say) 8 inch blade sheath knife (much less a 20-24 inch Toothpick) h*****g from your belt. The Shot Heard Round the World is a poem that was not written until 1838.
The ammunition you fire is not saltpetre, sulfur, & charcoal "gunpowder" of the 18th century, it is a highly evolved def**gerant that, when purchased for any use other than firearms requires (1) an explosive's license and (2) registration of the taggent ID against said explosive's license. Were you to try to make any of the components of modern ammunition in your "home shop," you will be "caught" -- by your local fire department!
You are not going to resist a modern military with the firearms you are allowed to own today. Such a suggestion represents a combination of ignorance and stupidity -- as well as a complete misunderstanding of the nature of modern warfare.
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"Please let us start with the basics." Yes, let us do that.
First, the weapon that won the Revolution and enabled a "draw" in the War of 1812 was NOT a "Kaintuck Toothpick." There is not, and never was any such thing. There was an "Arkansas Toothpick," which was a large knife, double edged, supposedly invented by James Black. (Untrue, but more of that anon). However, there was no such thing as an "Arkansas Toothpick" in the time period of the Revolution and War of 1812. The "Arkansas Toothpick" was not invented until the 1830s. (For that matter, neither was Arkansas). The vast majority of American Forces, (and British) were armed with smoothbore flintlock muskets. The Continental Army did not charge massed British troops carrying nothing but large knives. You do not attend a gunfight carrying a knife, which is why I will not essay your second suggestion, that of walking down the streets of a large city carrying one. My Sig Sauer .40 would be a far more appropriate choice.
You are correct in one particular, the ammunition I fire is not the sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal "gunpowder" of the 18th Century. The ammunition I fire is 165 grain hollowpoints, propelled by a sufficient quantity of a "highly evolved def**gerant." (For those of you who are wondering, a def**gerant is simply modern smokeless powder). DuPont, among others, makes tons of the stuff. As to your other statement, I routinely make ammunition in my home, I just purchase the "def**gerant" ready made.
Regarding your last statement: "You are not going to resist a modern military with the firearms you are allowed to own today," perhaps you would regale us with your combat quals and experience, that you would make such a sweeping (and untrue) statement. Your statement of my ignorance and stupidity, coupled with my complete misunderstanding of the nature of modern warfare, leads me to believe that you have somehow gained the wisdom to enlighten me. Which branch of the Armed Forces did you serve in, that allowed you to gain these insights?
One more thing: "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" was written in 1837, not 1838, and the phrase is used just as frequently to allude to Gavrilo Princip's assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, which act precipitated WWI.