Posted on 06/05/2007 9:23:23 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
The Ecuadorean government on Monday began a police operation to seize illegally-owned weapons to boost citizens' safety, Ecuador's Interior Minister Gustavo Larrea said.
Authorities will patrol highways, streets, squares and areas where crime is high, Larrea told a domestic televion on Monday.
"Illegally bearing arms is a crime carrying a sentence of up to five years in jail," he said, adding that those with illegal guns should hand the weapons over to the nearest police station.
He also said that illegal munitions factories would be searched, closed and their owners be jailed.
Larrea called on civil society groups to support the fight against crime and help build a peaceful, democratic and secure society.
Larrea's statement came after Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa launched the Ecuador Without Weapons program, following six deaths this year of minors in gun fights in coastal Ecuadorean city, Guayaquil.
Speaking on his Saturday radio show, Correa said "Ecuador is going to be a nation without guns, where our children can walk the streets in peace".
Source: Xinhua
I bet this story has the Nazi gun grabbers here drooling
Coming soon to your neighborhood.
Looks like Ecuador has made a deal.
See the Dominican story above.
Chavez and the other leftists are behind this. Hopefully the Ecuador citizens will ignore these gun-grabbers.
Hopefully the Ecuador citizens will shoot these gun-grabbers.
When I was In Ecuador for 2 weeks in 1998, I spent all but 2 days of that time in Guayaquil. The police were always hiding in their stations, and only came out to write reports about 2 hours after they were called.
The guys in the streets with the guns, kept the crime down.
I met an older gent, with one eye, sitting on an old bicycle, stationed in a round about. I thought at first he must be a thug, but then I found out, he was paid to watch the neighborhood during the day, while everyone was out working. He had a rather nice double barrel sawed off shotgun too (15in barrels). His area was a very low crime area btw.
And I bet I know how this is going to end as well. If they’re successful, I’ll give three to one we see permanent temporary martial law inside of 12 months.
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