[lbo-talk] Where is the left argument for gun rights?

[Wojtek S]

PS.  I think that a sensible left position on gun ownership and control is
the agreement on three points:

1. That gun ownership and control of it have negligible, if any, real
effects on crime and violence in everyday life;
2. That the effects of gun ownership and control of it on the protection of
lower class interests against the upper class power are highly speculative
and impossible to prove or disprove; so it is best to abstain from debating
this unsolvable issue; and
3. That gun ownership is an important symbol in the right wing ideology in
the US, and therefore pushing for restrictions on that ownership is worth
fighting for, at least for those who are inclined to actively oppose the
right wing hegemony.

I think these three points summarize the arguments posted to this list and
offer something to all sides of this debate.  Agreeing to them will avoid
unnecessary flame wars on the left

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."