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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
But, if someone were to be very laissez-faire on guns, while being pro-choice, pro labor' rights, and anti-fascist, you'd still consider him a leftist, correct? That's my point. Even being completely pro-gun would not get you rejected from leftist circles.
gpt
&gt; Even being completely pro-gun would not get you rejected from leftist circles.

Because owning a weapon is not something that the left has ever advocated against, if something they always advocated for a weapon for most people (a famouse quote from Marx is: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary'"). Saying "I think gun ownership should go with a license" is not much different than advocating a license for driving cars, it's something that should be pretty rational to want, it's also something worth advocating for and take a stance for, but it's not something that goes against the values of a socialist at its core.

Being against the right of a person to manage their own body is instead against the philosophy of a leftist, if your political stance is that everyone should be treated equally and then you don't do it, then there is a problem.