fun fact, they had a lot of teenagers joining who were insistent on being given access to a gun. the older cadres would refuse to hand them a gun until they were up to date on their reading material and had proven themselves by doing exemplary fieldwork over a sustained period of time.
buying a gun by itself won’t do anything but act as a trophy. the reason their public carry campaign had profound impacts was because they organized their communities to act as a united front first.
also the most radical chapters knew how to respect their own autonomy over the national leadership’s sometimes nonsensical dictats. horizontal organizing and direct action gets the job done.
fun fact, they had a lot of teenagers joining who were insistent on being given access to a gun. the older cadres would refuse to hand them a gun until they were up to date on their reading material and had proven themselves by doing exemplary fieldwork over a sustained period of time.
buying a gun by itself won’t do anything but act as a trophy. the reason their public carry campaign had profound impacts was because they organized their communities to act as a united front first.
also the most radical chapters knew how to respect their own autonomy over the national leadership’s sometimes nonsensical dictats. horizontal organizing and direct action gets the job done.