As far as I know, all of them - USSR, Cuba, China, Vietnam, NK etc, implement gun control. Why should their governments do that? The people of these states genuinely support(ed) socialism, if they are/were all armed they can protect socialism far better than the 1% of the population that makes up the military.
They industrialized pretty rapidly and had the capability to put a gun in every civilians hand
The United States doesn't put a gun in every civilian's hands, and we're the most gun-friendly country on the planet. Why would you hold a socialist country to an even higher standard?
There are like 4 guns in America for every citizen lol
Does that mean every citizen has a gun?
I think we have the same idea, idk why OP is trying to say citizens should be compelled to own guns.
What even is this tangent? OP never argued that every single citizen should have a gun. All they said is they should be able to.
OP, right above this exchange:
I don't understand how you're extracting from that the idea that OP thinks the government should put a gun in every civilian's hand. They were replying to a comment which said, more or less, that there weren't enough guns to arm everyone who wants a gun. OP replied, more or less, that they could have armed everyone, regardless of whether they want a gun.
I don't know anything about this topic and am not offering any opinions, but your interpretation of their argument is bizarre and as far as I can tell clearly mistaken.
OP said it was possible to put a gun in everyone's hands, blamed socialist countries for not doing so, and equated universal gun ownership with freedom.
I'd be on board with this if they responded: "Oh no, you're mistaken, I didn't mean to suggest everyone should own a gun." They didn't respond with this, though; they responded as if I was addressing what they meant to say.
They responded by saying that these states should, "just make a law that says 'anyone can own a gun now go crazy'"
That does not sound to me like they're saying that every person should be given a gun ... by force.
lol what why wouldnt we put freedom to the highest standard in socialist states?? Is it like super duper hard to just make a law that says "anyone can own a gun now go crazy"??
Freedom is not forcing everyone to own a gun. Some people don't want guns for very good reasons -- mental health issues, kids around the house, etc. Therefore "why don't socialist countries put a gun in every civilian's hands?" is a ridiculous question.
Besides, elsewhere in this thread you've been directed to examples of socialist states encouraging gun ownership or at least familiarity with guns.
I also pointed out how socialist states had less than 3 guns per 100 ppl, most of them in the hands of the military. You're not arguing in good faith, guns weren't banned in socialist countries because of friggin menta health issues.
These unsourced claims say literally nothing about the legality of gun ownership.
As has been pointed out to you numerous places in this thread, you're right, guns weren't banned in many socialist countries.
Feel free to get the fuck out of town champ
Imagine getting this triggered because I pointed out some simple facts
The hallmark of good-faith posting