Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme: So, the initial plan was to retrieve the cannons taken by the rebels from the militia, but the final orders were changed to put ammo and provisions above the cannon. Sounds like I may still be a little right on the confiscation part...

Yagotme posted the very evidence which dooms his argument: "Elyse: Jim explains that rebels raided several forts and armories across Massachusetts. But their most audacious theft was from Major Adino Paddock’s artillery arm of the Boston militia.

You think the rebels took only cannon & muskets when they raided british forts & armories? and left whatever provisions alone?
.. the british at concord, raiding 'provisions', were giving payback to the rebels for their raiding british provisions earlier.

yagotme: The usual word salad,

Try this one with french dressing.
During the french & indian war of 1756-63, the british brought over ~20,000 muskets to america for the fight, giving a goodly part to the american colonists for their assistance (see george washington, ft necessity).
After the british/american victory over the french & indians (excepting certain iroquois esp mohawks), the british allowed the colonists to have some if not most all of those 20,000 muskets. The british gave the muskets in good faith to the colonists since they were allies & helped defeat the french, and after the colonists rebelled the british attempted to retrieve the musquettes since they were british to begin with.
Probably there were american/massachusetts/boston made muskets at concord, but likely a small percentage of total concord gunstock, since america did not have any firearm producing armories, and relied predominantly on local gunsmiths to produce muskets & pistols. American gunsmiths were slow in making even one musket, sometimes taking as long as 2 weeks for one, and 200 per year was an admirable high end output.
It wasn't until either 1775 or 1776 when the french, using 'enemy of my enemy my friend' philosophy, sent over 100,000 charlemage (iirc) musquettes to geo washington, & ~25,000 belgium (or was it dutch) musquetttes, that america was equipped to fight the revolutionary war.

yagotme: You're right. I gotcha.