Time to Think By Hank Silverberg Out of Control on Gun Control O n April 18, 1775, 700 British soldiers left their barracks in Boston and marched towards Lexington, Massachusetts where they were told rebellious colonists were storing a cache of weapons, powder and shot. Word quickly spread about their mission thanks to riders like Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott. B y the time the Redcoats got to Lexington on April 19, they were met by local militia. Someone, it has never been clear who, fired what became known as "the shot heard round the world" formally starting an armed revolution against King George III. The bloodied British force was stopped at Concord by a larger group of militia and never got the cache of weapons. It took eight years to win the American Revolution. It was war of attrition at great cost. (Single shot rifle replicas at t