Anti-gun activists like to claim that Founders intended the Second Amendment to apply only to flintlock muskets. But as Steve Green points out, Letters of Marque and Reprisal are also allowed under the Constitution… meaning you can take my privately-owned, missile, gun and torpedo-carrying frigate when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
No war ship for me. The slips on Winnipesaukee are too expensive.
Gentlemen, in this day and age, it is possible to live the dream ….. within reason I suppose. I own and operate a swivel gun and an 8″ mortar! Both are, or course, black powder muzzleloaders, but do work wonderfully well. I should point out that a bowling ball is 8″ in diameter and they work exceedingly well in the mortar, reaching out to the better part of a mile with fair repeatability! Current downside is …. the price of black powder at this point in time is positively shocking, making gasoline seem exceedingly reasonable. There is currently no domestic… Read more »
The idea of letters of Marque granted to people fighting the Somali pirates a few years ago was brought up, and would probably still have some utility today since they are not all wiped out. The straight of Hormuz is somewhat absent of Iranian navy, but potentially shadow fleet tankers would be options. The only problem I see is that normally captains with letters of marque would take ships from nations currently at war with the USA. That might limit their utility, but Chinese unflagged ships in our territorial waters could be considered pirates outside the law and thus legit… Read more »
I know of a guy (friend of a friend) who owns not a cannon, but a tank. It’s an English made tank. He live in rural Kansas and keeps it out in front of his house. He has restored it so it’s drivable and he occasionally take neighboring kids out for rides in it. I don’t think it has an operational gun.
What sort of mileage does he get?