1776 Americas desperate need for guns.

[Robin]

A Moravian Rifle Goes to War 2023.pdf

I haven't rear the whole article yet, but from the very beginning it depicts how desperate our new nation was for arms. To me, it also shows, somewhat, how some parts of our "Bill of Rights" were formed and some of the thinking behind them.
Robin

 

[Zerex]

Only 2 million or so population in 1770 and many were children and old men, and half were women.

Up to 250,000 men served in the Continental Army over 8 years...25,000 killed/died and 25,000 wounded. Guns available came from available stocks; the French and Euro imports began to flood in during the war and captured Brit weapons came from dead Brits.. An old grandfather carried a French and Indian War, trade musket during the war.