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2024-04-10 22:24:13 UTC - HELPFUL
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Not only could private citizens own cannons, they could own entire warships outfitted with cannons which they operated as privateers to seize enemy ships for profit. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/06/30/fact-check-could-individuals-own-cannons-during-revolutionary-war/113951468/
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