23 Aug 2022 5:58 am
Why don't you credit your source?Skans » 28 Jul 2022, 8:22 am » wrote: ↑ We often hear the Gun Banners (same people as the mask nazis) loudly proclaim that the Second Amendment only protects the right of the people to own Muskets, not multi-shot assault weapons. One nimrod on here, @razoo claims that bullets weren't even invented until the mid 1800', long after the Constitutions was written. Except, he doesn't understand that Muskets actually fire bullets. Muskets simply don't use cartridges which contain powder, primer and bullet in a brass casing.
The truth is they did have multi-shot assault weapons available in the 1700's, even long before the Constitution was drafted. In 1718, James Puckle invented and patented what was essentially a machine gun.
The Ferguson Rifle, invented by a British officer Ferguson was a flint lock, but it was breech loading rather than the standard muzzle-loaded rifle. It could fire up to seven rounds per minute, two to three times faster that the muzzle-loading weapons of the day. Using the Ferguson Rifle, light infantry troops could continue loading and firing without breaking cover, even when lying prone. This rifle was used by the British against the Americans in 1777.
