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Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammunition
Bob the Super Hamste writes "The BBC is reporting on a new law in Venezuela that effectively bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition to private citizens. Previously anyone with a permit could purchase a firearm from any commercial vendor but now only the police, military, and security firms will be able to purchase firearms or ammunition from only state-owned manufactures or importers. Hugo Chavez's government states that the goal is to eventually disarm the citizenry. The law, which went into effect today, was passed on February 29th, and up to this point the government has been running an amnesty program allowing citizens to turn in their illegal firearms. Since the law was first passed, 805,000 rounds of ammunition have been recovered from gun dealers. The measure is intended to curb violent crime in Venezuela, where 78% of homicides are linked to firearms."
And forks make people fat.
If the end goal is to reduce homicide, why don't they just make homicide illegal? This reminds me of the "ban large sodas" article form the other day... Politicians like to think they can influence human behavior by passing clever laws... (The collective brainpower of the masses will eventually outwit/underwit/circumvent any genius plan small groups of politicians create)
I'll believe that guns kill people when the gun is convicted instead of the person.
Sock Puppets: damn_registrars=pudge_confirmer=jimmy_slimmy=raiigunner=cml4524=a_klavan=red4men=ronpaulisanidiot
My guns hurt me all the time. Last time I went to the range, a piece of hot brass (strangely, from Venezuelan surplus ammo) burnt the heck out of my arm. And, I dropped my staple gun on my toe, which has an ingrown toenail, and that *really* hurt a lot.
no I do not exaggerate, my gun really is that big.
Statistics used to mean something, until I took statistics.
How many accidental maulings / fatalities are there in houses that own a dog?
Now compare that to houses that don't own a dog.
When dogs are outlawed, only outlaws will have dogs.