i've heard that one, but i never heard it in a school history book...

On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/l...p?document=864

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriot..._redcoats.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage
pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on . Gun Confiscation in New Orleans, do you support the troops and government, torog? http://infowars.com/video/clips/news/122205_nola_gun_confiscation.htm you're an anti-american twit if you don't think this is good, torog...maybe you need the military to disarm you so you can feel free... did you know that there were GUN BATTLES INVOLVING PEOPLE REFUSING TO GIVE UP THEIR GUNS, AND THE GUN CONFISCATIONS CONTINUED AFTER A FEDERAL COURT RULED THEM ILLEGAL...PEOPLE DIED REFUSING TO GIVE UP THEIR GUNS...THIS IS HOW THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION STARTED... THERE ARE POLICE AND Rating: 5