Venezuela Banned Guns. Now Their Murder Rate Is Skyrocketing.

By Daily Wire —— Bio and Archives April 24, 2018

Comments | Print This | Subscribe | Email Us

Want an example of how dangerous gun prohibition for citizens can be ? Try Venezuela, where since April 2017 at least 163 pro-democracy protesters have been murdered by the Maduro dictatorship. In 2012, the Venezuelan National Assembly, which was dominated by communists, passed the “Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law." The bill was clear that it aimed to “disarm all citizens.” All gun sales were banned except to government entities. If a citizen was caught selling a gun or carrying one, they could get 20 years in prison. -- More...