Next time someone tells you they didn't have "assault rifles" back during the Revolutionary War, tell them to take their heads out of their asses!
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/op-ed-thomas-jefferson’s-“assault-rifle”-–-girardoni-air-rifle
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/op-ed-thomas-jefferson’s-“assault-rifle”-–-girardoni-air-rifle