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

[Baker Boy 1,478]

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.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelans-regret-gun-prohibition-we-could-have-defended-ourselves

[MDC 5,877]

They should have tried mandatory background checks and bans on certain types of firearms first.

[Fireballer 2,369]

So their murder rate has gone up and now thugs kill cops to steal their guns. Sounds like the plan is working.

[NorthernVike 2,079]

Thank God for the NRA.

[nobody 2,032]

They should have tried mandatory background checks and bans on certain types of firearms first.

They already gave up enough power. They didn't need to chip away any more.