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Socialist Venezuela now arming supporters with guns after outlawing/confiscating civilians
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:53 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:53 am
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and just because MM sucks
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The 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.
and just because MM sucks
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:56 am to joeyb147
Absolute power...
I'm not sure why leftists always forget this part.
I'm not sure why leftists always forget this part.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:58 am to joeyb147
Man this comes as a huge surprise, doesn't it?
Leftists, here's where you pretend to have zero common sense and no understanding of human nature.
Leftists, here's where you pretend to have zero common sense and no understanding of human nature.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:59 am to joeyb147
cant afford feed them,
But can arm them?
But can arm them?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:59 am to joeyb147
Unpossible. :idontbelieveyougif:
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:01 am to Eli Goldfinger
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I'm not sure why leftists always forget this part.
Leftists/new socialists want this because they believe they will be the comrades in the army of the dictator. Suppressing all that speak against.
Like Antifa is trying to do now.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:54 am to joeyb147
Horrible what is happening there...but that Moore quote is awesome!!!!
"eliminate 75% of extreme poverty" How's that working out for them now?
"eliminate 75% of extreme poverty" How's that working out for them now?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:00 am to joeyb147
quote:What could possibly go wrong?
Socialist Venezuela now arming supporters with guns after outlawing/confiscating civilians
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:02 am to Taxing Authority
Hello civil war.
What are the odds of a bloody coup coming?
What are the odds of a bloody coup coming?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:16 am to NYNolaguy1
The citizens will either soon revolt or flee. Venezuela is the new Cuba.
Trump Should pull some Reagan type shite and start covertly arming the Anti socialists. Call all the old school CIA ghosts out of retirement. That would be some real throwback shite.
Trump Should pull some Reagan type shite and start covertly arming the Anti socialists. Call all the old school CIA ghosts out of retirement. That would be some real throwback shite.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:20 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:30 am to BigJim
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"eliminate 75% of extreme poverty" How's that working out for them now?
They did eliminate extreme poverty. When poverty is now the norm then it is no longer "extreme".
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:33 am to joeyb147
This is why we don't let bus drivers run countries.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:34 am to joeyb147
with communists, expect communism
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:34 am to joeyb147
Where are right-wing narcos when you need them?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:50 am to joeyb147
Hollywierd, leftists, despots and dictators luuuuuuved them some Chavez!
Oh, and let's not forget his friendship with this guy!
Oh, and let's not forget his friendship with this guy!
Posted on 4/19/17 at 12:29 pm to joeyb147
quote:Brown shirts.
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
quote:Who the frick would want to take control of that tire fire?
Maduro is boosting the number of armed supporters in hopes of keeping control over the country from what he labels "imperialist aggression."
quote:And the criminal underworld, and Maduro's jack boots.
Only the military, police, and groups like security companies
The above poster is right. The celebs and other idiots who support this crap think they'll have high places of honor in the new utopia. To me, that would be one of the only silver linings - seeing the Sarandons and Penns shipped off to the same work camps as me, having not made the cut.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 12:47 pm to blueboy
update: Venezuelan student protesting shot in head
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LINK
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A Venezuelan student who was shot in the head during an anti-government protest on Wednesday in Caracas has died, three security sources said. Government officials were not immediately available to comment.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 12:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
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with communists, expect communism
good ol JT
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