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And when the black panthers did arm themselves legally to defend their communities from the police, gun control laws were quickly introduced. Individual gun ri
by dontlaugh 3y ago
And when the black panthers did arm themselves legally to defend their communities from the police, gun control laws were quickly introduced.
Individual gun rights are just a culture war topic. It’s collective gun rights for workers as a class that could actually make a difference.
- scintill76 3y agoHonest question: What would a law (or other manifestation) of collective rights look like, and how does it differ from individual rights?
- alistairSH 3y agoIn the context of the Founding Fathers, state militias armed well enough to stand-up to an overbearing federal government. In the context of the parent comment? No idea.
- dontlaugh 3y agoTrade unions and revolutionary parties have kept weaponry, trained members and organised resistance to state repression (for example against strikes). This tends to build into worker's councils (in some languages called soviets) under revolutionary conditions. Of course, it's unlikely the capitalist ruling class would willingly allow legalising such practices.
- alistairSH 3y agoThere was also the MOVE bombing in '85. And that wasn't even the army - the city PD dropped a bomb from a helicopter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing [Note: MOVE had more than a few criminal members; I'm making no claim about the righteousness of their actions before or during the standoff]