The SRA describes the goal of their organization as "to provide an alternative to the mainstream, toxic, right-wing, and non-inclusive gun culture that has dominated the firearms community for decades. We seek to provide a safe, inclusive, and left-leaning platform for talking about gun rights and self defense, free from racist and reactionary prejudices, while providing a platform for the working class to obtain the skills necessary for all aspects of community defense." The group describes itself as "working class,
progressive, anarchist, socialist, communist, eco-warrior,
animal liberator, anti-fascist,
anti-racist,
anti-capitalist,
PoC, LGBTQ-plus."
Points of unity Membership of the SRA is predicated on the acceptance of particular points of unity: • We are working class and poor people dedicated to educating our class in the safe use of firearms for personal and community self-defense as well as recreation and subsistence hunting. • We are a multi-tendency association of
social democrats,
communists, and
anarchists united by class, for our class. We respect one another's political stances and differences, especially when we disagree. • We are dedicated to Liberation and Freedom of ALL people and therefore oppose all forms of oppression and exploitation. • We are party to our local communities and as such we volunteer in various ways to further the connections between leftist political radicals and the unorganized communities in which we live. We help feed, house and protect other working class and marginalized folks. • We stand against the disarmament of the working class. • We are dedicated to arming the working class, both physically and mentally. ==Chapters==