DiamondDave
Army Vet
Not that I think it was about anything but Militias, but let's pretend we are in National Rampage Association crazy land...
This is a Revolutionary War Era Musket. It could fire 2-3 rounds a minute in the hands of a trained infantryman. Accurate to only about 100 yards.
This is a AR-15 Bushmaster.
It can fire 45 Rounds per minute, and has a maximum effective range of 450 meters.
Now, before one of you mutants gets on here and tells me, "Well, the First Amendment never considered Television", you are right.
And we don't treat Television like the printed press. There are restrictions on what you can broadcast, when you can broadcast, and who can broadcast. More to the point, the Television industry largely self-regulates. they don't put commercials for Trojan condoms on The Hub kiddie network.
But the citizenry DID have the same level of personal firearm as the military in many many cases.. which was more advanced than it was 100 or 200 years before that... they did know things advance, they were not stupid
That's mainly because they were the military.
Really.. they did not sign up??
Our current soldiers are not also part of the citizenry??