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Recently a writer in a left-leaning outlet argued we should stop making guns in the United States. That idea sounds radical because it is. It is also an honest snapshot of the growing impulse on the left to disarm Americans by destroying the firearm industry, not by passing laws through Congress. Translation: when you can’t win at the ballot box or the legislature, you try to choke off the supply chain.
What the new push to ban gun production actually says
The essay makes the case that banning U.S. gun production would cut down on the roughly 100-plus gun deaths the author cites each day and calls for a buyout of the industry and its workers. The writer even leans on Karl Marx to argue the “hidden abode of production” is where firearms must be stopped. They point to roughly 383,000 people linked to the industry and sketch a payout plan they say is affordable compared to past bailouts.
Why that plan is foolish and dangerous
First, the proposal ignores law, the Constitution, and simple math. You can’t ban production while leaving private ownership untouched without creating a huge, long-lived black market. Criminals will still have guns. Law-abiding citizens won’t. Second, the idea that you can quietly wipe out hundreds of thousands of jobs with a one-time check and expect no blowback is naive at best and cruel at worst. Third, invoking Marx and bungling facts — like misnaming the industry trade group — betrays an ideological eagerness that outpaces any practical plan.
Lawfare and industry attacks are the real strategy
When political change stalls, activists turn to the courts and to economic pressure. That’s been the playbook: sue manufacturers, squeeze retailers, and attempt to skirt protections that Congress already put in place for the firearm industry. This isn’t theoretical. It’s a coordinated effort to hobble production and sales without winning votes. If you believe in the Second Amendment, you should see this as an attack on both rights and the free market.
There’s a better way to reduce gun violence: enforce the laws already on the books, improve mental health care, and target criminals — not an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of Americans and supplies lawful owners. The rush to “end production” is less about public safety and more about power. If they succeed, who will be left to defend your rights? That’s not a rhetorical question. It’s the point. Fight the policy, mock the Marx quotes, and don’t let Washington or the courts strip away the tools citizens use to protect themselves.
