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===Colonial era===

===Colonial era===

In the years of 1774 and 1775, several incidents happened to give the colonists a fear that the British would take their guns away.  In September 1774, the [[Powder Alarm]] was a response to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine located in Somerville, Massachusetts.<ref>[https://www.massar.org/2014/12/07/building-to-a-revolution-the-powder-alarm-and-popular-mobilization-of-the-new-england-countryside-1774-1775/ The Powder Alarm and Mobilization of the New England Countryside, 1774-1775]</ref>  In 1775, [[Patrick Henry]] led a militia force after the [[Gunpowder Incident]] in Williamsburg, Virginia.<ref>[https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-gunpowder-incident This Day in History: The Gunpowder Incident nearly incites rebellion in Virginia]</ref>

In the years of 1774 and 1775, several incidents happened to give the colonists a fear that the British would take their guns away.  In September 1774, the [[Powder Alarm]] was a response to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine located in Somerville, Massachusetts.<ref>[https://www.massar.org/2014/12/07/building-to-a-revolution-the-powder-alarm-and-popular-mobilization-of-the-new-england-countryside-1774-1775/ The Powder Alarm and Mobilization of the New England Countryside, 1774-1775]</ref>  In October 1774, the king passed an order in arms edict forbidding the export of arms or ammo to the colonies.  Word of this embargo quickly spread, and shortly after learning of it Patriots in New Hampshire raided the Fort William and Mary, removing all gunpowder and arms before any could be confiscated.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/captureoffortwil00pars The capture of Fort William and Mary], by Charles Lathrop Parsons</ref>  In 1775, [[Patrick Henry]] led a militia force after the [[Gunpowder Incident]] in Williamsburg, Virginia.<ref>[https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-gunpowder-incident This Day in History: The Gunpowder Incident nearly incites rebellion in Virginia]</ref>

Shortly after the ride of [[Paul Revere]], it was learned that General Gage gave orders to Colonel Smith to destroy all arms and ammunition and related items for defense use:

Shortly after the famed ride of [[Paul Revere]], it was learned that General Gage gave orders to Colonel Smith to destroy all arms and ammunition and related items for defense use:

<blockquote>Sir:

<blockquote>Sir:

<blockquote>The inhabitants of Boston..... entered into a treaty with him, it was stipulated that the said inhabitants, having deposited their arms with their own Magistrates... delivered up their arms; but in open violation of honour, in defiance of the obligation of treaties, which even savage nations esteemed sacred, the Governour ordered the arms deposited as aforesaid.... to be seized by a body of soldiers</blockquote>

<blockquote>The inhabitants of Boston..... entered into a treaty with him, it was stipulated that the said inhabitants, having deposited their arms with their own Magistrates... delivered up their arms; but in open violation of honour, in defiance of the obligation of treaties, which even savage nations esteemed sacred, the Governour ordered the arms deposited as aforesaid.... to be seized by a body of soldiers</blockquote>

[[Edmund Burke]] also noted Britain's use of an import ban<ref>[http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html The American Revolution against British Gun Control]</ref> and gun confiscation in a speech, where he compared it to the confiscation of arms from Wales:

[[Edmund Burke]] also noted Britain's use of the import ban<ref>[http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html The American Revolution against British Gun Control]</ref> and gun confiscation in a speech, where he compared it to the confiscation of arms from Wales:

<blockquote>Sir, during that state of things, Parliament was not idle. They attempted to subdue the fierce spirit of the Welsh by all sorts of rigorous laws. They prohibited by statute the sending all sorts of arms into Wales, as you prohibit by proclamation (with something more of doubt on the legality) the sending arms to America. They disarmed the Welsh by statute, as you attempted (but still with more question on the legality) to disarm New England by an instruction.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1DWSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sir, during that state of things, Parliament was not idle. They attempted to subdue the fierce spirit of the Welsh by all sorts of rigorous laws. They prohibited by statute the sending all sorts of arms into Wales, as you prohibit by proclamation (with something more of doubt on the legality) the sending arms to America. They disarmed the Welsh by statute, as you attempted (but still with more question on the legality) to disarm New England by an instruction.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1DWSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms]</ref></blockquote>