Venezuela Destroys 2,000 Guns in an Attempt to
Control Crime, Posted on Wednesday the 24th of August 2016,
by Kerry Lear, 8/24/16
The
Venezuelan government publicly destroyed almost 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a
Caracas city square as part of the gun-control campaign efforts. The new
Interior Minister Nestor Reverol relaunched the event in an attempt to disarm
Venezuelans to limit the country’s crime.
Venezuelan
authorities have confiscated 17,686 weapons, including revolvers, pistols,
rifles, shotguns and homemade arms this year and 406,534 firearms total since
the program’s launch, according to Reverol.
“We
are going to bring disarmament and peace,” said Reverol, who was recently
promoted by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The
socialist country has the second highest murder rate in the world and its
capital Caracas is known as the most dangerous city with 119 murders per 100,000
people. The recession has forced officials to reduce resources, only causing
the crime rates to continue to climb. Not to mention, the drop in police
salaries has forced many to resort to corrupt practices.
Street
gangs have managed to steal or buy weapons from corrupt Venezuelan officers and
in the recent years, police and security officials have been targeted for their
weaponry. Private gun ownership was made illegal in 2012.
163
bodyguards, police and military officers were murdered in the first five months
of 2016, which is a 14% increase from the same period in 2015. In 80% of the
cases, the victim’s weapons were taken.
With
grocery store shelves empty, a dozen eggs costing $150, day-long lines for
citizens to get food, unbelievably high crime rates and the inflation rate at
180%– it’s safe to say that the country is a perfect example of why socialism
eventually fails.
Corrupt
practices are just the way of life there. With the reopened border with
Colombia, Venezuelan officers have even more incentives to engage in illicit
activities.
Reverol
was promoted by president Maduro only a few days after the US government
accused him and other high-level officials for accepting bribes from cocaine
traffickers.
Last
week’s gun-control event wasn’t the last. Reverol announced that another
firearm destruction event will be occurring September 21.
Author’s
note: Venezuela’s ramp up of this program just shows how desperate the country
is to control its population. Socialism has been proven time and time again
that it leads to chaos. It’s sad to think that citizens can’t bear arms and
protect themselves from the dangerous environment that the Venezuelan
government single-handedly created. Imagine not having the right to protect
yourself and your family. Luckily, we live in a country with the second
amendment.
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