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US Senator Coburn (R-OK) Introduces Gun Control of His Own (not kidding!!!)
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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2174213" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>The above is a gross oversimplification. It is true that the militia - i.e. freemen who bore their own arms - played a key role in the American Revolution but it false to say they played the only role or even the most important role in all phases of the war. As the war progressed General Washington was constantly striving to professionalize his troops simply because the various militia could not be relied upon to stay and fight (some would, some wouldn't) for a host of reasons and because the Revolutionary forces were losing over time. I am not discounting the role of the militia but it can and has been here greatly overstated. BTW Lord Cornwallis' surrendered at Yorktown because of a French Fleet and a, largely by then professionalized, American army working in concert with professional French soldiers (it was truly a combined/joint land and sea battle). The militia was a key influence but did not win the war alone and one could argue could not have won the war alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2174213, member: 18914"] The above is a gross oversimplification. It is true that the militia - i.e. freemen who bore their own arms - played a key role in the American Revolution but it false to say they played the only role or even the most important role in all phases of the war. As the war progressed General Washington was constantly striving to professionalize his troops simply because the various militia could not be relied upon to stay and fight (some would, some wouldn't) for a host of reasons and because the Revolutionary forces were losing over time. I am not discounting the role of the militia but it can and has been here greatly overstated. BTW Lord Cornwallis' surrendered at Yorktown because of a French Fleet and a, largely by then professionalized, American army working in concert with professional French soldiers (it was truly a combined/joint land and sea battle). The militia was a key influence but did not win the war alone and one could argue could not have won the war alone. [/QUOTE]
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