Posted on 11/05/2015 1:17:13 AM PST by broken_arrow1
The banning of private gun ownership in Venezuela has made firearms such a valuable commodity that 57% of police killed in the nation’s capital this year were targeted for their weapons, according to Venezuela’s largest newspaper.
El Universal reports that 57% of police killed in Gran Caracas–the greater Caracas metro area–were robbed for their guns, according to official national security statistics “obtained extra-officially.†These include both common police and the members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, which operate on a federal level. Of the 47 police killings on the record in 2015, 27 occurred as part of a gun robbery.
Late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez banned private gun ownership in 2012, citing the escalating murder rates that have continued to climb under current President Nicolás Maduro. Both commercialization and importing of guns was banned, though firearms of all shapes and sizes are believed to be readily accessible in Caracas’ worst neighborhoods still.
GunPolicy.org, a University of Sydney project that tracks gun possession internationally, claims that there are 3,250,000 privately owned guns in Venezuela today, despite the ban. Of those, between half and 1.5 million are registered–meaning they are owned by law enforcement officials, the only Venezuelan citizens allowed to possess such weapons. The other weapons are not registered and difficult to track.
As a result, criminals have increased efforts to snatch up any and every type of firearm that comes their way. A report from WLRN, a South Florida news outlet, notes this month that those tracking weapons in Venezuela have found that many are not small self-defense weapons, but “heavy artillery†and “weapons of war†that find their way to the Latin American black market. This creates a significantly less safe atmosphere in the country, as criminals arm themselves at disproportionately high rates.
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Here is a link to another interesting, and somewhat related article:
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-nightmare-of-collectivism-a-society-built-on-the-lowest-common-denominator-is-a-society-destined-for-collapse_11042015
I see the socialist experiment has expanded from people standing in line for hours to find food to now hunting down people who have guns and killing them. Yep socialism is the way to go to destroy a nation. You’d think we would have learned something watching Russia collapse from it but no we had to double down on stupid.
Very good articles, both of them. Thank you for posting!
Imagine when the EPA sends troops into the streets.
Ping.
5.56mm
Quin’s law. Liberalism always has an exact opposite effect.
Of those, between half and 1.5 million are registered - meaning they are owned by law enforcement officials, the only Venezuelan citizens allowed to possess such weapons.
The other weapons are not registered and difficult to track.
Interesting take-away's
01.29.15: Lethal Force
The Venezuelan government authorized the use of lethal force to suppress peaceful protests last night in a surprise move that has wide-reaching implications for the country prone to civil unrest. The law has become instantly controversial since it contradicts the Constitution, which strictly forbids the use of firearms by security forces during peaceful protests.
The move came by way of resolution 008610 from the Ministry of Defence, published in the Gaceta Oficial 40.589 of January 27. New laws written into the Venezuelan law books are published in this way periodically. The new law is found in page 418.354 of the document. Gaceta Oficial 40.589 can be found here, in Spanish.
https://invenezuela.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/01-29-15-lethal-force/
Pretty scarey stuff!
What's that thing we always say? Oh yes:when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
What happens when the poor and stupid are given the vote.
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