Weapons of the Revolutionary War

Weapons of the Revolutionary War

Thinking about the mindset of the US Constitution's framers, with special focus on the 2nd Amendment.   The US had just fought a battle for independence from tyranny and the framers wanted to give the new country's citizens the ability to protect themselves from any potential future tyranny from within a future US government. Attached are the weaponry of that day and the 2nd Amendment gave individual citizens the right to bear them all, perhaps the canon exuded.

Today, any armed tyranny would not be limited to  muskets (rifles) or flint lock's (hand guns), they would possess the semi-automatic weapons, handguns, sniper rifles, and semi-automatic rifles.  As our Constitution's framers intended, the people should have access to the same weaponry.