California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence
California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
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Lovely another way to penalise the poor
Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary
Karl Marx
Yeah, it will accomplish ensuring poor people have a harder time exercising their rights. Apparently that is something California is very interested in.
Marx said things like that because he believed that his political and economic theories could only be implemented through violence. That statement was not intended as "workers should be able to protect themselves." It meant "workers need to go out and proactively kill people."
There are plenty of ways to interpret Marx's writings, yours is certainly one of those ways.
"By force if 'necessary'" This part is an important distinction.