25 Biden's claim about cannon ownership is false. Private citizens actually could own cannons back in the day. (twitter.com) posted 2 years ago by Johnsjohnson112 2 years ago by Johnsjohnson112 +26 / -1 9 comments share 9 comments share save hide report block hide replies
You could own your own pirate ship at the time and get a letter of marque and hunt down the British and Frogs and Spanish... The good old days.
Now, now.
Those vessels were confiscated and the name of ones occupation would be "Privateer" not pirate.
Quite similar I know, but there was a very important differential between the two. Piracy was ILLEGAL.