Luiz 4,253 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the event marked the renewal of efforts to disarm Venezuelans, through a combination of seizures and a voluntary program to swap guns for electrical goods. Venezuela has the world's second highest murder rate and the street gangs that plague its poor neighborhoods have become increasingly heavily armed in recent years, at a time when a deep recession has reduced resources available to police. Gangs often get weapons from the police, either by stealing them or buying them from corrupt officers, experts say. With inflation of 185 percent in 2015 and a currency collapse, police salaries have fallen far behind rising prices creating more incentives for corruption. President Nicolas Maduro promoted Reverol this month, days after the United States accused the former anti-drugs tsar of taking bribes from cocaine traffickers. "We are going to bring disarmament and peace," Reverol told reporters, while police officers drilled and sawed at rusty shotguns, home made pistols and some newer weapons. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-crime-idUSKCN10S2I9 I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmm 879 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 In Venezuela, Gangs buy weapons from the police themselves yet the government arms the police.. they are not really against guns, they are just against civilians having guns. The reason it has a high crime rate is because its a communist country where they have soldiers in grocery store aisle to make sure you only buy two items! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy 5,686 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Where's Goosey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz 4,253 Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 no revolution for you I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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