With a gun, with a gun, you will be...

[Terrance Flaherty]

You Were The Founders Of The Clinic On The Hill 
Until He Caught You With Your Fingers In The Till 
He Slapped Your Hand So You Settled Up Your Bill 
With A Gun 




So, no importation of Slaves to Pennsylvania, that's the law (btw, if
Pynchon is sympathetic to the Slave, he can't help but look with
admiration at the German sects, particularly those living in Germantown,
who, like the Irish, took a stronger position against Slavery than
Quakers did, slavery of both Blacks and Whites), but Queen Anne don't
play that. No, no, she's got wars to wage and she needs money. Even in
those days, Doug, War was expensive and did not stimulate economies but
was rather a drag on them. So Anne vetoes the ban on slavery. 

She also wants to make sure that everyone has a gun.  



With the coming of the war known as Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713,
authorities thought that Virginia needed an adequate militia law. The
militia law of 1705 was the first truly comprehensive enactment on the
subject promulgated in the colony. The law created a general obligation
to keep and bear arms in defense of country. There was a long list of
exemptions to the requirement that men muster, including: millers with
active mills;
members of the House of Burgesses and the King's Council; slaves and
imported servants; officers and men on active duty with the king's
forces; the attorney general; justices of the peace; the clerks of
parishes, council, counties and the general court; constables and
sheriffs; ministers; schoolmasters; and overseers charged with the
supervision of four or more slaves. Those exempted still had to supply
their own arms and could be fined for failure to do so. Those exempted
were charged with an obligation to "provide and keep at their respective
places of abode a troopers horse, furniture, arms and ammunition,
according to the directions of this act hereafter
mentioned." They could be mustered in case of invasion or insurrection.
"And in case of any rebellion or invasion[they] shall also be obliged to
appear when thereunto required, and serve in such stations as are
suitable for gentlemen, under the direction of the colonel or chief
officer of the county where he or they shall reside, under
the same penaltys as any other person or persons, who by this act are
injoyned to be listed in the militia. . . ."
Militiamen who failed to appear with the required arms, ammunition and
accoutrements were fined 100 pounds of tobacco. The commander of each
troop was required to appoint a clerk who was to record courts-martial
and receive the company fines. The other major provisions of the law
read as follows.

http://www.constitution.org/jw/acm_5-m.htm

During Queen Anne's War faced with the threat of invasion and Indian war
in 1703 South Carolina authorized the arming of specially selected
slaves and free blacks. They would be used only as a last resort and
only if the regular militia proved to be insufficient to handle the
emergency.(427) In 1704 the legislature ordered masters to
draw up a list of "reliable" slaves and provide it to local militia
officials who would then summon such slaves as might be needed. If a
slave was used, wounded or killed his master would be compensated out of
the public treasury. A master who refused to allow, or make certain
that, his "trusty" slaves muster could be fined £5.(428) In
1708 the legislature again considered emergency measures and allowed
that trusted slaves in times of grave emergency might be armed from the
public stores with a lance or hatchet, and, if absolutely necessary,
with a gun. A slave who killed or captured an enemy soldier would be
freed. A slave rendered incapable of work after being
wounded in battle would be maintained at public expense.(429)