The American Revolution against British Gun Control
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This Article reviews the British gun control program that precipitated the American Revolution: the 1774 import ban on firearms and gunpowder; the 1774-75 confiscations of firearms and gunpowder; and the use of violence to effectuate the confiscations. It was these events that changed a situation of political tension into a shooting war. Each of these British abuses provides insights into the scope of the modern Second Amendment.
.... laws that aim to disarm the public at large are precisely what turned a political argument into the American Revolution.http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html
