Hello, I just wanted to ask what us communists should think of gun rights, both under capitalism and socialism. Is it a important part of the movement today, why or why not? Tell me what you think of guns and what must happen with them?

    • MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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      16 days ago

      From what I’ve gathered from my Vietnamese friends, they train to use guns, but most get little actual range time firing live ammunition.

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            15 days ago

            But if that were the case, then why not train them with live ammunition? Someone else answered the question I had by saying it was a Soviet holdover that turned into a glorified gym class, which seems right (it also explains why live ammo is not used).

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          15 days ago

          It’s actually a holdover from the Soviet school system that Vietnam emulated, where high schoolers took a short “Civil Defence” class where they learned how to perform basic first aid; put on, wear, and clean gas masks; take apart, clean, and put rifles back together; among other miscellaneous tasks.

          Firing guns is not included.

          It’s basically a glorified gym class.