Their Communist police union will protect 'em.
Posted on 11/13/2015 9:25:55 AM PST by Torcert
A gang culture of impunity and stricter gun control has led to off-duty police officers being killed for their weapons, motorbikes and even mobile phones.
Not even the police are safe in Venezuela. In a country which saw 24,000 murders recorded in 2013 and whose capital city Caracas was runner-up for murder capital of the world, 252 security officers have been killed in the country from January until October this year, in most cases simply because they were carrying something valuable -a gun.
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When President Maduro launched a disarmament plan in 2014, and security forces were also ordered to destroy weapons seized during the police operations, the government's intention was to reduce violence by making it harder for people to obtain guns. His predecessor had already made private gun ownership illegal in 2012.
But these actions have only increased interest in the people allowed to carry weapons. "There are now fewer deals in black market arms but that has made anyone in uniform a more popular target for criminals than before",says Eliseo Guzmán, the general commissioner of the Miranda state police force. "They will identify a police officer and take away his life just to take his gun."
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The criminals simply take guns from law enforcement.
So maybe complete confiscation isn't the answer... /sarc.
Please bookmark this article for reference for the next "Gun-free" zone shooting and the emergence from the shadows of the gun grabber cabal calling for Confiscation.
Yeah but I bet nobody has taken a sh*t on one.
Post/comment BUMP!
Their Communist police union will protect 'em.
Anarchy is what happens when the Left wants to “Tear it all Down!”, and they get approval from national leadership.
“Anarchy is what happens when the Left wants to “Tear it all Down!—
The left only DESTROYS.
The left only spreads MISERY
It creates NOTHING
Preppers’ PING!!
Same thing is going on in Brazil.
How’s that collectivist utopia working for ya there, Hugo?
It just goes to show that no matter what happens, criminals and governments ( and it’s hard to tell the difference at times) will still have guns.
Good thing we don’t have gangs that are allowed to run free!
Now in Venezuela, when the gang kid steals the cop’s gun, does he have to undergo a background check?
“There are no murders in paradise....”
Clearly #socialists care more about the law-abiding being disarmed than the Criminals being armed.
The law-abiding are a threat to their power.
Chaos from criminal activity only helps the socialist cause.
The left only spreads MISERY
It creates NOTHING
The left creates lies, distortions, misdirections and boogiemen to build their fantasies. Other than that, you are absolutely correct.
Brings to mind the standard question “What good can a handgun do against an army?”
Being a cop when your government has decided to use you as a political enforcer is a very bad place to be. When Queen Hillary issues her decree disarming America, she’ll be counting on county sheriffs to take the heat, at least until they tell her to stick it.
PING!
This is exactly why gun confiscation must begin with the government giving up all its firearms. Government guns cause crime.
He's not paying attention to you at this moment because he's overheated, I'd say at about the core temperature of the sun.
Thank you posting that.
Don’t you love how the gun grabbers approach the issue from two vectors?
In one they try to takeaway any ‘Military style’ weapons, while from the other direction they claim those weapons not restricted would be useless the military.
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