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
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.