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Actually individuals could purchase and own artillery when the Constitution was written and the Bill of Rights ratified. At a bare minimum, ships issued letters of marque and reprisal (see article I) were armed with artillery – and ships carried letters of marque and reprisal because they were privately-owned. That is why they were called privateers – because they were privately-owned warships.
So, Joe Biden is speaking through his posterior oriface when he said the framers of the Constitution did not intend civilians to own artillery. Some of them even owned shares in privateers.
I would love to own cannon.
AFAIK you can – at least the muzzle-loading cannon as used in the Civil War. There is even a publication for people into it, The Artilleryman.
People who are really into model rocketry – bigger stuff, not just the Estes type – like to wear t-shirts etc that say “As a matter of fact, I AM a Rocket Scientist!”
Does anyone – yet – make shirts that say “As a matter of fact, I AM an Artillery Scientist!”
During the Texas Revolution volunteers and donated material were provided by many sources in the United States. The citizens of Cincinnati took a collection and had two cannon manufactured and shipped to Texas. The debate as to their size and material continues. However, it is generally accepted that the two cannon, dubbed the “Twin Sisters” were delivered to the Texian Army at Groce’s plantation on the Brazos River on April 11, 1836.
“The Hunt for the Cincinnati Twin Sister cannon,” http://earlytexashistory.com/Twin%20Sisters/Index.html
There is a chapter on the Twin Sisters in my book Vanished Houston Landmarks.