April 19, 1775: The Shot Heard Around the World

[Moonglow]

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

That's what makes us exceptional...

 

[Moonglow]

Nice little boat named "Popeye", do you like it?
This damp air and freezing air is making my wig stiff as a board...

 

[anynameyouwish]

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

you certainly do NOT stand for MY freedom or MY rights.....

 

[gipper]

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.

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.

No it was not. Are you trying to claim all military armaments held on the colonies, were the property of the British Army? If so, you are wrong. The colonistists needed armaments to protect from the Indians and the French. They fought with the British army in the French and Indian War and acquired their own armaments.

 

[Moonglow]

Actually it was more like a running skirmish where militia melted away as fast as they showed up as the British marched in columns on the road....

 

[martybegan]

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.

The stores of the militia were there, acquired over time in anticipation of a potential revolt. The British army was attempting to seize the stores, the stores weren't theirs at all.

 

[Likkmee]

Never screw with Americans.

Unless you have $130,000. Then it no holes barred !

 

[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.

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.

Thanks, Marty!

 

[OldLady]

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.

You're right. I've read three descriptions of Lexington and Concord, and the weapons used by the colonials were their own, I guess, because no one mentions them coming from somewhere else.

 

[Weatherman2020]

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.

You're right. I've read three descriptions of Lexington and Concord, and the weapons used by the colonials were their own, I guess, because no one mentions them coming from somewhere else.

Like the cannon in San Antonio belonged to the Mexican government, that’s irrelevant to the fact the people felt they needed it for protection and no one was going to take it.

 

[Picaro]

The 2nd never prevented the state govts. from 'seizing' anybody's weapons, just to be accurate. Many towns and cities had gun control laws, especially in the 'Old West', where one had to turn in their guns to the Sheriff and pick them up on their way out of town. Clayton Cramer has a website that has nearly every gun control law and its history timeline in the country, for a good reference; many were also race based laws limiting what firearms blacks were allowed to carry.

 

[Bezukhov]

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