in your idea of interpretation everything that is old does not apply.
might as well burn the bibles. they are thousands of years old.
hrm how far back should we go.. 4 decades and burn the literature?

Our forefathers were equipped just like the civilians they were.
They had to fight before they could be the forefathers.
study up. Those who fought had the same rifles that later made up the militia that fought the revolution of that time.
so..
as I said in earlier post.. if .gov decides military needs to upgrade then so does the civilian. if you do not like the escalation then have them stop it and put the one country's ruler against the other ala gladiators. win is thus right
otherwise.. find yourself a topic that you can understand.