Comments on: The Marksman Who Refused to Shoot George Washington http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-73177 Jim Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-73177 People love to tear down the founders these days and it seems like they think that their generation is so above reproach. Your exaggeration of the founders sins is more propaganda than fact. I would bet that you have some skeletons in your closet also. People love to tear down the founders these days and it seems like they think that their generation is so above reproach. Your exaggeration of the founders sins is more propaganda than fact. I would bet that you have some skeletons in your closet also.

]]> By: Milander http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56273 Milander Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:33:31 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-56273 Those great leaders you quote Phil/Greg also kept slaves, sodmoized children and had incestuous/extra-marital relationships... lovely what a bit of back ground reading on these "leaders of men" shows up heh! And I think I can live without the drug abuse to live in a land without slavery thank you so very much. Oh and as neither of you bothered to give sources I'll withold mine too, happy hunting. Greg... there is no god and even if there was she's a black big mama living down in Mexico pointing her finger at you and laughing -"God gave us our rights, the Constitution was written to insure our God given rights were protected in this country" - yeah, right! Those great leaders you quote Phil/Greg also kept slaves, sodmoized children and had incestuous/extra-marital relationships… lovely what a bit of back ground reading on these “leaders of men” shows up heh!

And I think I can live without the drug abuse to live in a land without slavery thank you so very much.

Oh and as neither of you bothered to give sources I’ll withold mine too, happy hunting.

Greg… there is no god and even if there was she’s a black big mama living down in Mexico pointing her finger at you and laughing -”God gave us our rights, the Constitution was written to insure our God given rights were protected in this country” – yeah, right!

]]> By: Greg http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-52262 Greg Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:51:58 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-52262 Hemp! That is just one of our freedoms (rights) that have been taken from (we the people) us. As you said, they all grew it and all were great leaders, worked for thier money, not steal from the people and make a living being a politician. Everyone needs to really study our Constitution and quit listening ( and believing) to how our so called leaders are interpreting it. Remember, God gave us our rights, the Constitution was written to insure our God given rights were protected in this country !!! I can go on. God Bless us all Hemp! That is just one of our freedoms (rights) that have been taken from (we the people) us. As you said, they all grew it and all were great leaders, worked for thier money, not steal from the
people and make a living being a politician. Everyone needs to really study our Constitution and quit listening ( and believing) to how our so called leaders are interpreting it.
Remember, God gave us our rights, the Constitution was written to insure our God given rights were protected in this country !!!
I can go on.

God Bless us all

]]> By: Phil E. Drifter http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-48266 Phil E. Drifter Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:47 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-48266 yeah right. SOURCE PLEASE. This is what citations are for, so you can't just tell a story and have everyone believe you without providing any proof. George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams all grew hemp. Today they would be arrested and thrown in prison for that. source: tinyurl.com/1mn yeah right. SOURCE PLEASE. This is what citations are for, so you can’t just tell a story and have everyone believe you without providing any proof.

George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams all grew hemp. Today they would be arrested and thrown in prison for that.

source: tinyurl.com/1mn

]]> By: p http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46892 p Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:17:07 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-46892 The rifle, invented in the 15th cent., is a firearm with a grooved, or rifled, bore that imparts a spinning motion to the bullet, giving it greater accuracy. (The principle of rifling the inner surface of the barrel is applied also to artillery.) Rifles first came into widespread practical use in the E United States. Because of its slow rate of fire and its manufacturing cost, the rifle remained relatively unused as a military weapon in Europe. Until the middle of the 19th cent. the musket was the standard small arm. http://www.ask.com/bar?q=when+was+the+rifle+invented&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=4&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.factmonster.com%2Fce6%2Fhistory%2FA0861137.html The rifle, invented in the 15th cent., is a firearm with a grooved, or rifled, bore that imparts a spinning motion to the bullet, giving it greater accuracy. (The principle of rifling the inner surface of the barrel is applied also to artillery.) Rifles first came into widespread practical use in the E United States. Because of its slow rate of fire and its manufacturing cost, the rifle remained relatively unused as a military weapon in Europe. Until the middle of the 19th cent. the musket was the standard small arm.

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=when+was+the+rifle+invented&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=4&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.factmonster.com%2Fce6%2Fhistory%2FA0861137.html

]]> By: Andrew http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46843 Andrew Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:31:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-46843 did anyone else here read the entire article? did anyone else here read the entire article?

]]> By: Paul http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46398 Paul Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:52:39 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-46398 "Captain Patrick Ferguson, a 33-year-old Scotsman reputed to be the finest shot in the British army, commanded the British marksmen, who were equipped with fast-firing, breech-loading rifles of Ferguson’s own design" Hmmm, I thought that rifles were invented somewhere around the late 1800s. Anything before that was smoothbore. “Captain Patrick Ferguson, a 33-year-old Scotsman reputed to be the finest shot in the British army, commanded the British marksmen, who were equipped with fast-firing, breech-loading rifles of Ferguson’s own design” Hmmm, I thought that rifles were invented somewhere around the late 1800s. Anything before that was smoothbore.

]]> By: Keith Patrick Larsen http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-35078 Keith Patrick Larsen Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:23:53 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-35078 It was a Gentleman's war, for sure. For, let's be honest, we were all British, and I would feel uncomfortable at that time, being of Scottish blood myself, shooting someone from the colonies. And Patrick Ferguson from Scotland, whose father or uncles likely served in the Jacobite Rebellion, did his duty but had no love of King George and the Hanoverians for what they did to Kingdom of Scotland. It was a Gentleman’s war, for sure. For, let’s be honest, we were all British, and I would feel uncomfortable at that time, being of Scottish blood myself, shooting someone from the colonies. And Patrick Ferguson from Scotland, whose father or uncles likely served in the Jacobite Rebellion, did his duty but had no love of King George and the Hanoverians for what they did to Kingdom of Scotland.

]]> By: E.T. http://www.historynet.com/the-marksman-who-refused-to-shoot-george-washington.htm/comment-page-1#comment-34996 E.T. Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:29:51 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680714#comment-34996 What a pity,that honor isn't contagious. What a pity,that honor isn’t contagious.

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