Venezuela Bans Private Gun Ownership

[mcurrier]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...merica-18288430

"Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.

The ban is the latest attempt by the government to improve security and cut crime ahead of elections in October"

Edited June 1, 2012 by mcurrier

[Garufa]

Allow me to be the first. Obama!

[mikegideon]

Allow me to be the first. Obama's buddy.

FTFY

[RichardR]

Chavez is just following leftist doctrine, no surprise on this end.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Venezuela is one of those missing in the 57 states. Extremely liberal "People's State".

He's also about dead and is probably expecting a little competition in the upcoming election.

Edited June 1, 2012 by 6.8 AR

[gjohnsoniv]

Let's see how this one turns out.

[Guest 270win]

Venezuela is run by a dictator. This is not surprising.

[Guest Springfield1911guy]

I'm surprised it took old Hugo this long. Usually, that's the first thing a Dictator does.

[tnhawk]

A true liberal! Chavez's ultimate goal is to disarm all civilians. He and obamma have more in common than I thought.

[enfield]

Massacres to follow. There's only one reason to disarm the public.

[seez52]

If you will recall recent history our Big O was the first to line up along side Hugo during the presidential election mess in Honduras a couple of years ago. An early telling moment in the new US foreign policy debacle. Birds of a feather....

And how's that second term looking now folks?

[mcurrier]

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Venezuela is run by a dictator. This is not surprising.

Think slow incrementalism. It's been working on us for decades. It works for him. If he lives long enough.

He's making another People's state. There will be a revolution down there, before you know it. That's the

way it works down there.

[Mister L]

The police and the army are all corrupt, now only the bad guys will have guns.