The Dig: Beware Carceral Gun Control
Prevailing debate obscures the fact that we already have a form of gun control in the United States. As legal scholar Ben Levin explains, the problem is that it’s a form of gun control that is mostly about locking up poor black men in huge numbers.
October 6, 2017
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October 6, 2017
The Dig: Beware Carceral Gun Control
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The Dig: Beware Carceral Gun Control
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<span>Prevailing debate obscures the fact that we already have a form of gun control in the United States. As legal scholar Ben Levin explains, the problem is that it’s a form of gun control that is mostly about locking up poor black men in huge numbers. The Left should demand a society without readily available weapons of war on the streets and a society without mass incarceration. Thanks to our supporters at University of California Press. Check out their new title </span><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520296251" rel="nofollow">Race and America's Long War</a><span> f</span><span>rom Nikhil Pal Singh. </span><span>And check out Dan's Jacobin article on carceral gun control </span><a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/gun-control-mass-incarceration-drug-war-nra-shooters" rel="nofollow">here</a><span>. </span>Also, catch Dan in Atlanta at the International Drug Policy Reform <a href="http://eformconference.org/" rel="nofollow">conference</a> on <span><span>October 14</span></span>.
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