Cop Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Socialist Venezuelan Leader Steps Up Arming of Supporters After Outlawing, Confiscating Civilian Guns Stephen Gutowski17 hours ago Protesters in Caracas / Getty ImagesThe socialist leader of Venezuela announced in a speech to regime loyalists his plan to arm hundreds of thousands of supporters after a years-long campaign to confiscate civilian-owned guns. "A gun for every militiaman!" Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said to uniformed militia members outside the presidential palace, Fox News reported on Tuesday. The Bolivarian militias, created by Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez, already number in the hundreds of thousands and are being used to supplement the regime's armed forces. Maduro is boosting the number of armed supporters in hopes of keeping control over the country from what he labels "imperialist aggression." The arming of Maduro's supporters comes five years after Venezuela's socialist regime outlawed the commercial sale and civilian ownership of firearms. Only the military, police, and groups like security companies can buy guns and only directly from one state-run arms company under the law passed in 2012, according to the BBC. The country recently doubled down on its gun ban through a combination of gun buybacks and confiscations in the summer of 2016. "We are going to bring disarmament and peace," Interior Minister Nestor Reverol told Reuters during one confiscation event. The Venezuelan government justified the gun bans and confiscations by saying they were needed to combat the country's violent crime and murder epidemic. However, statistics reported by the nonprofit Venezuelan Violence Observatory show the murder rate in Venezuela increased from 73 murders per 100,000 inhabitants the year the gun ban was instituted to 91.8 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016. Statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation show the United States murder rate in the most recent year available, 2015, was 5 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. As protests and unrest increase in Venezuela, Maduro's regime has created a landscape where civilians are disarmed but his supporters are not. The latest round of mass demonstrations in the streets of Caracas have already claimed five lives. Experts said the current protests are more widespread than in the past, and the country may be at a breaking point. "Ongoing opposition protests are generating strong turnouts and spilling over into typical Chavista strongholds, suggesting that social dynamics may be drawing closer to a tipping point," Eurasia Group analyst Risa Grais-Targow told ABC News. "The excessive ambition of [our] enemies threatens the peace and stability by carrying out a criminal agenda loaded with hate that includes terrorist acts, disturbances, looting, vandalism, different forms of violence against innocent people and public health facilities," Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said of the unrest, Fox News reported. He went on to say the protests are creating an "anxiety in the public, anarchy and chaos, with the ignoble aim of toppling the democratic government." There are no reports on how Maduro's regime plans to use his newly armed supporters to counter the demonstrations in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cop Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 For all those idiots wanting to disarm the people... Our founders made it the 2nd amendment for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cop Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Moral of the story...... Government bans all citizens from owning firearms. 5 years later Government is arming people who join them and crush the people of Venezuela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cop Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 It’s often said that gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all, but rather about controlling people. The impulse of desperate governments to control arms as their populations challenge their legitimacy reveals the wisdom in this adage. Legitimate governments have nothing to fear from an armed citizenry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Arm everybody. Give newborn babies grenade launchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Aristatel Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 It’s often said that gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all, but rather about controlling people. The impulse of desperate governments to control arms as their populations challenge their legitimacy reveals the wisdom in this adage. Legitimate governments have nothing to fear from an armed citizenry.Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Need a politard sub forum for this idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 For all those idiots wanting to disarm the people... Our founders made it the 2nd amendment for a reason.+1Why do you think the libs want that here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 It’s often said that gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all, but rather about controlling people. The impulse of desperate governments to control arms as their populations challenge their legitimacy reveals the wisdom in this adage. Legitimate governments have nothing to fear from an armed citizenry.Alt-Right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Need a politard sub forum for this idiot.Ever seen your post of politics or current affairs? It's far worst then being an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Arm everybody. Give newborn babies grenade launchers. How heavily armed is your imam khatib? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDTrains Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Cool story bro. Comparing Venezuela with US? Very close to reality. Except it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigrunner Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Trump a big fan of Nicolas Maduro. He loves him some corrupt strong man. That why he always carries with him a pack of Tic Tacs and Ass glide. Absolutely, if I win I will release my tax returns. I won't have time to Golf. I'll probably never see Doral again. I will be working. I love to work. Can you say fraud? How about con man? Pathilogical liar? Bill O'Reily's bud? Roger Ailes Friend? Alex Jones promoter? Steve Bannon's associate? Putin's Puppet. Erdogan's ally. That's who the dumb, hypocrital President is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Call Heads Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 How many rich non-socialist countries are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Man Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 The US can't afford to enforce any change in gun control laws. They don't have any money. Alt right can't figure that out?? Stupid fukks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest boatboatboat Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Norway Germany The UK The Netherlands Sweden France DenmarkHow many rich non-socialist countries are there? Norway Germany The UK The Netherlands Sweden France Denmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Man Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Whenever we need more money, we just print more or borrow more. Billy Sink cant figure this out? Go ahead print more, devalue all those rich folks pulling strings, hollow out the economy, call it quantitative sleazing this time. Oh, you might have missed it, no one wants your shitty debt anymore, dumping it as fast as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdmx Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Go ahead print more, devalue all those rich folks pulling strings, hollow out the economy, call it quantitative sleazing this time. Oh, you might have missed it, no one wants your shitty debt anymore, dumping it as fast as possible Lol, I don't think so https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdmx Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Norway Germany The UK The Netherlands Sweden France Denmark Norway Germany The UK The Netherlands Sweden France Denmark These are actual socialist countries. Venezuela is nothing of the sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Call Heads Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Good right wing models include: UkraineLatviaEstonia Latvia does have faster internet that the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Man Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Lol, I don't think so https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us China still dumping. Putin buying lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Aristatel Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Go ahead print more, devalue all those rich folks pulling strings, hollow out the economy, call it quantitative sleazing this time. Oh, you might have missed it, no one wants your shitty debt anymore, dumping it as fast as possibleI'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. But you said we are broke. As long as the "gig" isn't up, we aren't. China still playing along for example. Time is coming. Not yet though William. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdmx Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. But you said we are broke. As long as the "gig" isn't up, we aren't. China still playing along for example. Time is coming. Not yet though William. How do you think China would stop playing along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Call Heads Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 For it all to end, the wealthy will have to impose losses on themselves. They had that chance and passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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