Jstert wrote: "how sad our colonial forebears must be to see the massachusetts rulers of today."
Thank you for these words. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one that held this thought. Most the the objects the British were intending to seize are nearly impossible for the current residents of that state to own today. Thirty years ago my late wife wanted to give her nephew, who lived in Bedford, just a short distance from Lexington, a pellet rifle so that he could earn a specific scout badge. The state and local dictators in that place created a list of "demands" that were simply impossible to fulfill. We tried at least four times and each time, the local dictators blocked our efforts. We finally just gave up. I can't remember if it was before or after this episode that there was a news story that announced some members of a particular political party in the state legislature found the two firearms that had seen duty during the Revolution and were then mounted on the wall of the representatives chamber in the State House to be "offensive and dangerous weapons" and demanded that they be removed. And the traitorous cowards of that state agreed! Yet, just recently, like every year on the so called "Patriots' Day," I saw "re-enactors" proudly marching around with their reproduction flint locks and have to wonder what they have to go through to "own" these "dangerous and offensive weapons". Can't they see the irony, sadness and cowardice yes, cowardice in their actions, because they are clearly not willing to fight for the rights that so many others since have died fighting to preserve -- they simply like to play dress up and make believe one day a year.. It's probably not a coincidence that in recent years the main event on so-called "Patriots' Day" is a marathon because if events similar to what occurred in 1775 happened today, the good people of that worthless state would simply run away!