April 19, 1775: The Shot Heard Around the World

[Weatherman2020]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.

 

[OldLady]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

 

[Votto]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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I thought they came for our ammo.
Which is pretty much the same thing.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Weatherman2020]

Never screw with Americans.

 

[Auld Phart]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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I thought they came for our ammo.
Which is pretty much the same thing.

I thought they came for our ammo.

and we gave it to them.....

one musket ball at a time

 

[Pete7469]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

We had plenty of our own.

As implausible as the idea of the UN troops coming to take our guns might be, I'd actually enjoy stealing theirs also. I hope they bring some HK91's.

 

[Jitss617]

We need a liberty rally in Boston, 1 million strong gun owners celebrating free speech and guns just to remind liberals where we stand

 

[depotoo]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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I thought they came for our ammo.
Which is pretty much the same thing.

They came for both. Confiscation had already been going on.

 

[Dick Foster]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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And later on put the second amendment in our constitution in order to keep the government from coming to confiscate our guns again.

 

[gipper]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

 

[Dick Foster]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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I thought they came for our ammo.
Which is pretty much the same thing.

It was both actually.

 

[Pete7469]

Happy Revolution Day!!

We ought to actually have a federal holiday for this occasion to remind the world's bed wetters what happens when you try and subjugate men who left the rest of the world behind in pursuit of freedom.

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[OldLady]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

This is what I either read or heard during a tour of Boston:
During the French and Indian War the British had taken a French fort out to the west'ard--out in the Ohio/Western New York area somewhere-- and it was pretty much just sitting there full of goodies, unused. The revolutionaries went out there and took all the weapons (including cannon) and ammunition and snuck it back to Boston in carts. That's what I remember of it. It was of course technically British armaments, therefore. Although I have no issue with us taking it. We had to get cannons somehow.

 

[martybegan]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

This is what I either read or heard during a tour of Boston:
During the French and Indian War the British had taken a French fort out to the west'ard--out in the Ohio/Western New York area somewhere-- and it was pretty much just sitting there full of goodies, unused. The revolutionaries went out there and took all the weapons (including cannon) and ammunition and snuck it back to Boston in carts. That's what I remember of it. It was of course technically British armaments, therefore. Although I have no issue with us taking it. We had to get cannons somehow.

Wrong battle.

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga - Wikipedia

The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. The cannons and other armaments were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston.

 

[Dick Foster]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

The cannon, powder and shot that were stored there were stolen from the British.

 

[gipper]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
View attachment 256660

Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

This is what I either read or heard during a tour of Boston:
During the French and Indian War the British had taken a French fort out to the west'ard--out in the Ohio/Western New York area somewhere-- and it was pretty much just sitting there full of goodies, unused. The revolutionaries went out there and took all the weapons (including cannon) and ammunition and snuck it back to Boston in carts. That's what I remember of it. It was of course technically British armaments, therefore. Although I have no issue with us taking it. We had to get cannons somehow.

You are talking about Fort Ticonderoga. This had nothing to do with Lexington and Concord.

 

[gipper]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

The cannon, powder and shot that were stored there were stolen from the British.

Wrong.

 

[OldLady]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
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And then seven weeks later, the British tried to buy lumber from our shire town and got their ship stolen by our local revolutionaries carrying a couple muskets and a lot of pitchforks. Battle of the Margaretta--first naval battle of the Revolutionary War.
We celebrate it every year.
The Battle of Margaretta, When Pitchforks Beat the British Navy - New England Historical Society

 

[Dick Foster]

They came for our guns.
So we shot them.
View attachment 256660

Well, we did sort of steal the guns....

Please explain.

This is what I either read or heard during a tour of Boston:
During the French and Indian War the British had taken a French fort out to the west'ard--out in the Ohio/Western New York area somewhere-- and it was pretty much just sitting there full of goodies, unused. The revolutionaries went out there and took all the weapons (including cannon) and ammunition and snuck it back to Boston in carts. That's what I remember of it. It was of course technically British armaments, therefore. Although I have no issue with us taking it. We had to get cannons somehow.

You are talking about Fort Ticonderoga. This had nothing to do with Lexington and Concord.

It didn't come from there but it was stolen from the Redcoats just the same. Taking fort Ticonderoga came later after the war started. Remember, Lexington and Concord was the first armed conflict of the revolution.