Venesuela Vs Bullets! Fight!
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Points to Venezuela for trying. And it should work against the sort of folks who follow the against those who don't...well, what's one more charge on the rap sheet, right?
Personally, I very much like the UK's gun laws but have no illusions that something like that would ever fly in the US.
As for Venezuela, well, at this point I can't blame them for trying anything down there. Latin American crime rates beign what they are the only thing something like this can really do is not work. Sadly, I don't think this will have much of an impact on the mean streets. But I will give points for trying.
Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition.
Until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company.
Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.
Points to Venezuela for trying. And it should work against the sort of folks who follow the against those who don't...well, what's one more charge on the rap sheet, right?
One member of the public in Caracas told the BBC: "They're killing people every day. This law is important but they need to do more, they're not doing enough now."
Personally, I very much like the UK's gun laws but have no illusions that something like that would ever fly in the US.
As for Venezuela, well, at this point I can't blame them for trying anything down there. Latin American crime rates beign what they are the only thing something like this can really do is not work. Sadly, I don't think this will have much of an impact on the mean streets. But I will give points for trying.
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Date: 1/6/12 11:41 (UTC)This isn't about preventing crime.
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Date: 2/6/12 17:50 (UTC)Officer safety is important you know.
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Date: 2/6/12 01:20 (UTC)An unarmed man is a slave.
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Date: 6/6/12 15:34 (UTC)Allow me to paraphrase, since you seem to have missed the point:
An armed populace is harder to bully by governments, et al.
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