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1. Walter+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-04 07:01:37
People have been printing blogs for hundreds of years. See "Common Sense".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense

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2. wwwwew+W1[view] [source] 2020-06-04 07:18:32
>>Walter+(OP)
Getting a blog such as "Common Sense" printed in those days was much harder then getting a firearm.
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3. Walter+g6[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-04 07:55:19
>>wwwwew+W1
I'm not so sure about that. Firearms in those days were custom made by hand one by one by specialized and highly skilled (i.e. expensive) craftsmen. A firearm was a prized possession, and often a work of art.

A pamphlet might be typeset in an hour by the unskilled printer's apprentice.

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4. smsm42+UZ9[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-07 23:16:26
>>Walter+g6
Not in 18th century. You could get a gun then for about month's wage of a skilled worker. Not exactly cheap, and significantly more expensive than now, but not exactly impossible to have even for a skilled worker or a middle-class person. And there are now firearms in that price range, though many common ones are significantly cheaper. Something like a cheap car - not pocket change, and you won't get one unless you need one, and if you aren't rich you probably won't get more than one - but for most people, not out of reach entirely.
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