
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
In Venezuela. Somebody needs to kill that bastard Hugo Chavez. He is shutting down dissident radio stations. No, wait! Just three years ago Venezuela enacted strict gun-control laws. Never mind. The citizens have been disarmed. Look what happened three years ago:
July 2, 2006 headline: “Venezuela Announces Gun Control Plan to Lower Crime” [wink wink]
“Caracas, Venezuela, July 2, 2006–The Venezuelan Ministry of Justice announced the creation of a new firearms control plan on Wednesday, in an attempt to decrease excessive violence in Venezuela. The plan will be presented to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in two weeks, and could begin to be implemented by the end of July.”
“The National Weapons Control Plan was announced by the Minister of Justice and Interior, Jesse Chacon, who proclaimed it to be an important piece of the larger security policies that the Ministry of Interior and Justice has been developing.”
That article went on to report the following: [PLEASE NOTE, I did NOT make this shit up! I know, I know, it sounds like something that I would create.]
“The five projects that we are going to present in order to begin the execution [of the plan] consist in establishing a permanent monitoring mechanism regarding the entrance of weaponry to Venezuela and find the way to carry out the following: a consciousness-raising campaign for the population, so that they turn in their weapons voluntarily; the promotion of updated legislation that establishes dispositions on the control of firearms; promote the participation of the community in the disarmament programs; and coordinate different actions with key players focused on this issue,” announced Chacon. Continue reading →