Monday, March 12, 2012

Will Obama and Biden approve of Venezuela's sensible gun laws?

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/03/daniel-zimmerman/dog-bites-man-leftist-dictator-outlaws-guns/



Dog Bites Man: Leftist Dictator Outlaws Guns
Posted on March 7, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

Venezuela’s descent into chaos continues apace. Unfortunately, the ravages of cancer have apparently done little so far to slow down the country’s porcine president for life, Hugo Chavez. He still has plenty of appetite for expanding his government’s control over the lives of average Venezuelans. Sean Penn and Danny Glover may think he’s dreamy, but Chavez’s people are increasingly saying, meh. The latest problem: the South American paradise is currently number four on the worldwide murder hit parade with a rate of 67 per 100,000. If you’re benchmarking at home, the U.S. – we of the pervasive cowboy gun culture – comes in at 4.8 per 100K according to Wikipedia’s latest compilation. So if you’re a tinpot dictator, what to do? Simple. Disarm innocent citizens . . .Simon Black at businessinsider.com breaks it down:In recent remarks to the Latin American Herald Tribune, Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami announced that the government will begin suspending firearm importation, effective this month. Furthermore, local gunsmiths will no longer be able to market or sell firearms and ammunition.
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