In this essay, Kim Kelly discusses her opinions and experiences with the past and present of leftist gun ownership and armed self-defense. 

Kim Kelly is a freelance journalist, and author of FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor. 

This episode of ‘Anarchist Essays’ was supported by a grant from The Lipman-Miliband Trust.

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