Venezuelans regret gun ban

[Jackpine Savage]

Note how the commies always arm a group of civilians to do their dirty work. I would imagine that's what Antifa will become.

Venezuelans regret gun ban, 'a declaration of war against an unarmed population'

CUCUTA, Venezuela/Colombia border – As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning – and resentment – against a six-year-old gun control bill that stripped citizens of their weapons.

“Guns would have served as a vital pillar to remaining a free people, or at least able to put up a fight,” Javier Vanegas, 28, a Venezuelan teacher of English now exiled in Ecuador, told Fox News. “The government security forces, at the beginning of this debacle, knew they had no real opposition to their force. Once things were this bad, it was a clear declaration of war against an unarmed population.”

Under the direction of then-President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan National Assembly in 2012 enacted the “Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law,” with the explicit aim to “disarm all citizens.” The law took effect in 2013, with only minimal pushback from some pro-democracy opposition figures, banned the legal commercial sale of guns and munitions to all - except government entities.

Chavez initially ran a months-long amnesty program encouraging Venezuelans to trade their arms for electrical goods. That year, there were only 37 recorded voluntary gun surrenders, while the majority of seizures - more than 12,500 – were by force.
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More at link: https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelans-regret-gun-prohibition-we-could-have-defended-ourselves

[Ghost]

Good thing they only want sensible control here instead of bans...

[Grayskies]

Antifa December 3, 2018 Seattle, Washington.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/ ... ion-rally/

[Ghost]

The irony of #BLACKLIVESMATTER on a white guy carrying an AR to intimidate.

[Lumpy]

If for no other reason not to ban guns, they serve as a canary in a coal mine: no government which would have to ban guns just to remain in control could be called a democracy.