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Some left groups oppose gun control on the grounds that workers and oppressed groups need to be armed to resist the violence of the state and right-wing groups. I believe there have been some cases in US history where the presence of armed black people deterred attacks by white racists. But in general privately owned guns are not used for any progressive purpose. Often they are used in family violence. Where they have been used politically it is much more often by the right than the left. In theory the idea that workers should be armed to resist state repression sounds correct. But this seems a long way from the daily reality of gun use. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of Tristan Sloughter via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 3 October 2017 12:10:22 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: Re: [Marxism] shooting in Las Vegas ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** > disarm the populace but not the government repressive forces. Why not both? _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
