So I gave Yuma an AK 47

Makoto has a revolver so it's only fair to give Yuma a weapon as well right?

Why do so many Socialists support guns when there's so much gun violence?

Firstly, the prerogative to not arm yourself in present society is, in fact, privilege. For many, many people, particularly marginalized people, their only choice is to live in high crime areas. Within those areas, police response times are often much slower, and worse, calling the police can result in far worse outcomes (i.e. trigger happy police may shoot a black home owner who is the one who called them about a home invasion in the first place.)

Next, in response to the rise of far-right violence it is important for marginalized people to protect themselves. Armed thugs are picketing and harassing queer-owned businesses and threatening trans people. It is important for those people and their allies to have means of defense on-par with the weapons their adversaries are using. This means that bans on gun purchases now are only keeping the left from arming itself in response to far-right terror.

Also, Marx advocated for gun ownership, and I am inclined to agree. Marxism is a revolutionary philosophy, and revolution, while it may not entail direct violence does require becoming ungovernable. As Huey Newton said, anyone who is not armed is either a slave or is at risk of becoming one at any moment. If we can just be bullied by anyone with weapons because we don't have weapons, it means we can't be effective in any revolution, no matter how peaceful. Even in a scenario where we can manufacture weapons via rapid prototyping technology, they become useless if we have no training. Training means we need guns now.

Finally, we very justifiably agree that the current problem with gun violence is unique to the conditions of the world. Gun violence, most Marxists would argue is not the fault of the guns themselves, but rather far-right stochastic terrorism, the desperation, alienation, and despair caused by capitalism, and the stigma against and lack of availability of mental healthcare.

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Just woke up from a dream that I was in a fucking war zone and I picked up a scope for my AK-47 left behind from the last person who manned that tactical position and I was with another comrade setting up before the opposition started to arrive and when it did I was firing on the enemy.... a high tension kinda dream and it felt so real.

The setting wasn't the country I currently live in though.

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