Cats in space

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 01:09:01 -0800, Dale wrote:

Were there any instances during the first few generations of Americans
living under the Constitution of people being challenged for private
ownership of heavy weapons, such as cannon?

Merchant ships carried cannon quite openly for at least a century
after the Constitution was adopted, so some people weren't.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

Mary Shafer wrote:
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:03:12 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:


(somewhere around here I've got a book that has the name of a British
commando who killed a German with a longbow in W.W. II... I'm still
looking for it, though.)



A Man Called Intrepid, I believe. It's also a reference in a number
of other sources, such as a book I have about Military anecdotes...

Seems to SAS commando also carried a sword. When asked about the
bow and sword, he grabbed some arrows and dropped about 10 into a small
area some 100 yards away. He pointed out that that would be very useful
when taking out an outpost. Even if he missed, how would the sentries
act when arrows were raining down? When asked about his sword, he
replied that a gentleman always carries a sword.

Charles Buckley wrote:

When asked about his sword, he
replied that a gentleman always carries a sword.


I like this guy already...now about that codpiece of his....

Pat