Tag: gun control
No existe tal cosa como un tirador pasivo
De Spooky. Artículo original: There’s No Such Thing as a Passive Shooter, del 8 de mayo de 2023. Traducido al español por Vince Cerberus. En Estados Unidos tenemos un problema con las armas. Esto no quiere decir en absoluto que el problema sea tan simple como “hay demasiados” o “es demasiado fácil obtenerlos legalmente”, pero la presencia…
Why American Progressives Won’t Ever Seriously Address Mass Killings
This piece is an offshoot commentary on certain elements touched upon in a recent essay by Spooky, so it will make the most sense if one reads that first. Any quotes in the essay below, unless otherwise indicated by mention or link, are from Spooky’s essay. Since the Republicans—and any overlap with those political circles—are…
Non ci Sono Sparatori Passivi
Di Spooky. Originale: There’s No Such Thing as a Passive Shooter, dell’otto maggio 2023. Traduzione italiana di Enrico Sanna. Qui negli Stati Uniti abbiamo un problema con le armi. Un problema che non può essere semplificato con frasi come “ce ne sono troppe” o “è troppo facile averne una legalmente”, ma che è indubbiamente un…
There’s No Such Thing as a Passive Shooter
We in the US have a gun problem. This isn’t at all to say the problem is as simple as “there are too many” or “it’s too easy to obtain them legally,” but the presence of a distinct problem localized here in this country is undeniable, and it’s been getting worse. One might argue the…
Kelly Vee on Anarchism, Feminism, Egoism, and Mental Illness
Longtime C4SS contributor Kelly Vee was recently interviewed by Lucy Steigerwald over at Non Serviam Media about egoist feminism, religion, anarchism, objectivism, involuntary confinement, arming the mentally ill, and more. Check out their discussion below.
Леваки и пушки. Часть четвертая
Logan Marie Glitterbomb, Combating Hate: A Radical Leftist Guide to Gun Control (Part 4). Перевёл Дмитрий Мрачник https://www.nihilist.li/2017/10/31/levaki-i-pushki-chast-chetvertaya/ Защитники права на владение оружием среди слабозащищенных групп населения должны говорить об одной из наибольших угроз, с которыми эти группы сталкиваются: преступления на почве ненависти. Часто в СМИ путают фанатизм и душевные расстройства, при том, что фанатизм…
Леваки и пушки. Часть третья
Бедность, бездомность и безработица Logan Marie Glitterbomb, Combating Hate: A Radical Leftist Guide to Gun Control (Part 3), March 24 2017. Перевёл Дмитрий Мрачник https://www.nihilist.li/2017/09/06/levaki-i-pushki-chast-tret-ya. Многие преступления, связанные с применением оружия, включают в себя грабеж или воровство. Причина, которая побуждает к похищению чужого имущества, обычно мало связана с клептоманией. Она вызвана нуждой и отчаянием. Решение…
Mutual Exchange Radio: Logan Marie Glitterbomb on Agorism, Manifold Coloured Markets, Mardi Gras, and Gun Control
This month we are joined by Logan Marie Glitterbomb, leading an awesome conversation about the fundamentals of Agorism, as well as its lesser-known forms and environmentalist potential. We’re also talking about Mardi Gras, Logan’s legal incident, gun control and more. A Catholic anarchist-without-adjectives, Logan Marie discovered anarchism through the punk scene in high school and…
Ending Gun Violence by Defunding the Police
Anarchists and many others in the radical left and libertarian movements are rightly skeptical of gun control due to the history of state power, including gun laws, being weaponized to directly target and oppress marginalized communities while simultaneously maintaining a state monopoly on violence. Despite the dangers of gun control, gun violence is still a…
Mass Incarceration and the War on Guns
A hot topic among the left right now is the issue of gun control. While  radical leftists have traditionally been in favor of gun rights, some have begun to justify gun control measures in the hope that it might de-fang white supremacist movements and end gun violence against marginalized communities. Many groups, including Dream Defenders…
Il Disastroso Manifesto degli Studenti di Parkland
Di Kelly Vee. Originale pubblicato il 28 marzo 2018 con il titolo Everything Wrong with the Parkland Student’s Manifesto. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Sabato 24 marzo gli studenti della scuola di Parkland sopravvissuti alla strage hanno guidato migliaia di persone in una “Marcia per la Nostra Vita” contro la violenza armata. Il giorno prima avevano…
Everything Wrong with the Parkland Students’ Manifesto
On Saturday, March 24, survivors of the Parkland School Shooting led hundreds of thousands of people in a “March for Our Lives” to protest gun violence. The day prior, they published their “manifesto,” a listing of policy recommendations intended to prevent future gun violence. Gun violence is scary, and living through a school shooting is…
The Conservatism of Gun Control
On March 24, hundreds of thousands of students and other activists against gun violence participated in the March for Our Lives, an event meant to spur action to put an end to mass shootings in the United States. Ten days earlier, many of the same people participated in a school walkout with the same purpose….
Combating Hate: A Radical Leftist Guide to Gun Control (Part 4)
This is the fourth part in a series. Be sure to check out parts 1, 2, 3 and 5. Advocates of gun ownership for marginalized people must talk about one of the biggest threats faced by such groups: hate crimes. Oftentimes, the media confuses this kind of bigotry with mental illness: but bigotry is not a mental illness at…
Combating Hate: A Radical Leftist Guide to Gun Control (Part 3)
This is the third part in a series. Be sure to check out parts 1, 2, 4 and 5. Poverty, Homelessness, and Unemployment Many gun-related crimes involve some form of theft. The root causes of theft usually have less to do with the thief wishing harm on anyone and more to do with financial desperation. Addressing issues of…
Armi o Musulmani, Niente Divieti
[Di Roderick Long. Originale pubblicato su Center for a Stateless Society il 27 febbraio 2017 con il titolo Stop Banning Muslims, Stop Banning Guns. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna.] Il dibattito sui controlli migratori del presidente Trump e il dibattito sul controllo delle armi appaiono sorprendentemente simili. Cambia solo chi sta da che parte. Nell’uno e…
Stop Banning Muslims, Stop Banning Guns
The debate over President Trump’s travel ban and the debate over gun control look surprisingly similar – except for who’s on which side. In each case, supporters of the policy argue that it’s necessary in order to prevent incidents of lethal violence, while opponents argue, first, that the policy’s likely impact on such incidents is…
Guns and Self Defense in the Age of Trump
Guns, if you don’t have a healthy fear of them you probably don’t know much about them. From victims of gun violence to conscientious gun owners, hundreds of millions of Americans are well acquainted with their destructive power and the need for safety in managing their use. However, the fear left unchecked by other external…
A (Brief) People’s History of Gun Control on Feed 44
C4SS Feed 44 presents Kevin Carson’s “A (Brief) People’s History of Gun Control” read by James Tuttle and edited by Nick Ford. From its beginnings the state has been an executive committee of the economic ruling class and an instrument of armed force by the owners of the means of production, enabling them to extract surplus…
Gun Control: Who Gets Control? on Feed 44
C4SS Feed 44 presents Darian Worden’s “Gun Control: Who Gets Control?” read by James Tuttle and edited by Nick Ford. While we make society more compassionate — which cannot be done without cultivating respect for liberty and autonomy — we should respect the gun rights of all responsible individuals. It is amazing that an 18-year-old can…
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