RE: [Pen-l] Obama remarks

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Serious question regarding the Obama remarks regarding guns and 
> religion.  I think it is hard to dispute that there is a general 
> right/left dispute over gun ownership, but why?  Is there something 
> in Marxism that speaks to gun ownership?  Is there a relevance of 
> gun ownership to economic class?  I really have a hard time 
> conceptualizing why there is such a strong correlation between 
> opposition to gun ownership and other left-wing views.
>
> David Shemano

Liberals are in favor of gun-control but Marxists tend to oppose 
them. It has to do with the idea of workers being able to defend 
themselves in a revolutionary situation against fascists but I am 
afraid such arguments have a rather abstract quality  today. 

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