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Date:      Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:31:13 -0500
From:      "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to  BSD"]
Message-ID:  <38E42A11.9D0C27C5@mail.ptd.net>
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"Christopher S. Weimann" wrote:
> 
> He should also add rifles to the Revolutionaries.  They probobly had
> some of the best marksmen in the world since they grew up using guns
> of some sort or another (one of the advantages of an armed society.)
> These early rifles had much better range and accuracy than the muskets
> carried by the British and we actually had an advantage in that respect.
> They used the improved accuracy and range to target British officers
> before they were in muskerange which made the rifle a pretty effective
> terror weapon.  It was however much slower to load which made the
> rifleman very vulnerable so they were kept behind the normal troops.
> 

Riflemen would more usually be in front as skirmishers, until the
opposing force got too close, at which time the skirmishers retired.


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