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?
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?
From what I’ve gathered from my Vietnamese friends, they train to use guns, but most get little actual range time firing live ammunition.
What do they need it for?
The country has been invaded countless times in the last few centuries
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).
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.