Venezuelans regret gun ban

[hall1343]

Who would have ever thought?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela ... -ourselves

If I tried to quote "relevant parts" of the story, I'm afraid I would have to copy-n-paste the entire thing. Its hard to read 2 sentences without thinking "THIS is EXACTLY what Hilliary and Obama want and dream of..."

But, in keeping with the TOS for the board ...

“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."

[bignflnut]

To do so, the criminal gang in power has reinforced their strategy. They are freezing bank accounts inside Venezuela, in our national currency, if they detect someone is using the account from another country. My own bank accounts, with over 15 years of history, included.

This is against the right to use the private and personal property, guaranteed in our Constitution. They want so eagerly to change and seize our private property, just like Cuba did. Sending money back to family is not an easy task. There is an entire underground economy that works receiving money in foreign currency in accounts overseas and exchanging national currency in a circular flow because the bolivar is not exchangeable for some other currency.

The last steps to instate totalitarianism definitely, are now slowly being taken: the financial infrastructure is being stormed with greater intensity these days.

[Aesinsp]

The article referenced is a dishearting read that should stoke the fire-in-the-belly of any freedom loving human being.
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