Sure they did. At the time, they wanted to use a scope to greatly up ther chances at bagging game in the field. They didnt remotely care that some stranger didnt like it 60 years in the future.

"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.