> The efficiency and power of modern weaponry far surpasses what the Founding Fathers could dream of Nonsense. The Constitution includes provisions for hiring

> The efficiency and power of modern weaponry far surpasses what the Founding Fathers could dream of Nonsense. The Constitution includes provisions for hiring privateers to acts as an adjunct to the nation's navy. There were businessmen who owned ships bristling with cannon floating in Boston harbor - they didn't try to limit that, they made sure they could hire them to go blow stuff up if they felt the need. Also, the Austian army was using a repeating rifle with a 20-round magazine in 1780 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle