I'm glad you're weighing in on this, Joe. Gun politics are so hard, and socialists need to be more involved in the debate. I agree with your starting principles but I worry that a ban on handguns will only fuel a violent black market, just like Prohibition in the 1920s and the War on Drugs today, but only with guns. And while I like the spirit of armories for the oppressed, I can't see that as a realistic entrypoint into the debate today. I've written a number of articles on gun politics, most recently a piece last year in Truthout, where I try to lay out some proposals of my own. They're more tentative and vague than the ones you lay out here, which is both good and bad, I think. Check it out and let me know what you think! https://truthout.org/articles/socialists-need-an-independent-approach-to-gun-violence/
Joe, what about the non-oppressed? Do they get to have armories? Who controls them? Who determines which groups get to be armed? I fear your plan succeeds only in reallocating oppression, not reducing it.
I'm glad you're weighing in on this, Joe. Gun politics are so hard, and socialists need to be more involved in the debate. I agree with your starting principles but I worry that a ban on handguns will only fuel a violent black market, just like Prohibition in the 1920s and the War on Drugs today, but only with guns. And while I like the spirit of armories for the oppressed, I can't see that as a realistic entrypoint into the debate today. I've written a number of articles on gun politics, most recently a piece last year in Truthout, where I try to lay out some proposals of my own. They're more tentative and vague than the ones you lay out here, which is both good and bad, I think. Check it out and let me know what you think! https://truthout.org/articles/socialists-need-an-independent-approach-to-gun-violence/
Joe, what about the non-oppressed? Do they get to have armories? Who controls them? Who determines which groups get to be armed? I fear your plan succeeds only in reallocating oppression, not reducing it.