The village (in Mexico) I mostly grew up in had a cabinet very old military rifles on our common land to protect it with. They shot .22 bullet and I think had been very crudely changed to this because it did not suit them well. They had a handle that would pull to the back and forward again to reload after shooting and it was very hard to pull. The back of the bullet casings would get stuck on each other a lot. Only some trusted elders had keys to the cabinet. There is a lot of crime and rabid animals there so it was important to have them available.
I think having some basic guns like that in communal ownership is very good for safety and is not as dangerous as personal gun ownership.
I think having some basic guns like that in communal ownership is very good for safety and is not as dangerous as personal gun ownership.
You know as a commie American who has always been kinda agnostic on the gun control issue, I had never even thought about the difference between communal vs personal gun ownership but this seems like a v meaningful distinction that people rarely explicitly bring up.
The village (in Mexico) I mostly grew up in had a cabinet very old military rifles on our common land to protect it with. They shot .22 bullet and I think had been very crudely changed to this because it did not suit them well. They had a handle that would pull to the back and forward again to reload after shooting and it was very hard to pull. The back of the bullet casings would get stuck on each other a lot. Only some trusted elders had keys to the cabinet. There is a lot of crime and rabid animals there so it was important to have them available.
I think having some basic guns like that in communal ownership is very good for safety and is not as dangerous as personal gun ownership.
You know as a commie American who has always been kinda agnostic on the gun control issue, I had never even thought about the difference between communal vs personal gun ownership but this seems like a v meaningful distinction that people rarely explicitly bring up.