Preaching to the Choir

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and then there are the events between the Boston Tea Party in 1773 and cessation of offensive operations by British Parliament in 1782. The British were one of the biggest powers in the world at the time.

We were fighting a defensive war, on our own turf, against the British.

We never were strong enough to take the fight to the enemy's homeland.

The French aided us immeasurably in the fight for independence.

The British were waging a war on two fronts, fighting France and Spain, as well as us.

If we had been on our own against the Brits -- if the French and Spanish had stayed out of it -- we might be singing "God Save The Queen" now, instead of "The Star Spangled Banner."

That's essentially the position that pro-2A people are in today. Outnumbered, waging a defensive battle, with no allies to help.