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Originally Posted by August
Depends on what you mean by "demiled". One might say that the lack of automatic fire "demils" my AR-15.
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Usually any weapons and mounts for weapons are removed along with possibly the avionics. Pretty much anything the military can use on another aircraft they strip out before selling.
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
All true. Something that gets lost in that exact discussion is the Letter of Marque. During the Revolution and the war of 1812 Civilian owners of armed merchant ships (read 'cannons') were given official authorization to attack British Shipping, for the very reason that they had exactly the same cannons U.S. warships had. This left official warships free to act like warships, while armed citizens became privateers.
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A good example. But who owned the cannon? It's clear that the merchants were privately owned, but it's the ownership of the cannon that makes the difference.