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Originally Posted by BlueTrain
While I doubt there were many cannon parked in people's carriage houses during the 1780s and 1790s, it is true there were armed merchantmen (commercial sailing ships) at the time.
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How about prior to 1776?
There was no standing army, other than the British army, prior to the Revolution. And the Founders wanted no part of a standing army after the revolution. So if the cannon were not in the hands (or carriage houses) of "the People," where were they?