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Venezuelans regret gun ban, 'a declaration of war against an unarmed population'
Fox News ^ | 12-14-2018 | Holly McKay

Posted on 12/14/2018 11:35:13 AM PST by tcrlaf

As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning – and resentment – against a six-year-old gun control bill that stripped citizens of their weapons.

“Guns would have served as a vital pillar to remaining a free people, or at least able to put up a fight,” Javier Vanegas, 28, a Venezuelan teacher of English now exiled in Ecuador, told Fox News. “The government security forces, at the beginning of this debacle, knew they had no real opposition to their force. Once things were this bad, it was a clear declaration of war against an unarmed population.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; ban; banglist; consequences; cuba; guns; hollymckay; liberalism; nicaragua; nicolasmaduro; nra; putinsbuttboys; russia; secondamendment; venezuela
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To: lgjhn23

Soft and Stupid,,,


41 posted on 12/15/2018 3:22:37 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Reeses

I might buy ‘cause there’s
A Smoken’ Hot deal on a nice
Revolver!


42 posted on 12/15/2018 3:27:23 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: MeganC

Even in states with Constitutional carry laws there’s tyrants with badges harassing gun owners and sometimes arresting people for carrying when it’s perfectly legal
_______________________________________________________

We are just not seeing arrest for gun ownership in most states that have shall issue and or constitutional carry.

Over all we are winning the war on guns except a very few states that make the news as very anti gun.

The list of winning is long.


43 posted on 12/15/2018 4:01:54 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

Agreed,
Disarming America is
A ludacris idea.

We can’t deport a few
Million illegals!


44 posted on 12/15/2018 5:59:34 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: tomkat

Too many people forget (or never knew) that the American Revolution (the actual shooting war) started not with taxes, but when the British sent troops from Boston to seize the colonists’ arsenal at Concord. The SHTF because the colonists realized that without those weapons, they were defenseless subjects of tyranny. After the war, gun ownership was viewed as necessary to protect against domestic tyranny (see Civil War).


45 posted on 12/15/2018 6:13:40 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Remember the Alamo!


46 posted on 12/15/2018 6:26:37 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: kearnyirish2
Absolutely correct !
Betcha that little fun fact isn't much in evidence in today's PC schools gulags   :-\
47 posted on 12/15/2018 7:58:07 AM PST by tomkat
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To: SMARTY

San Penn has been in Hiding ever since he Turned in El Chapo for the reward money


48 posted on 12/15/2018 8:16:36 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: broken_clock
Die on your feet or live on your knees. Something like that, right?

No--it's more like "Die on your feet, or die on your knees."

Because they *will* kill you eventually.

49 posted on 12/15/2018 8:25:13 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: EagleUSA

The left wants high violent crime, so the only rational answer is to take away guns. Then only the leftists have the guns.


50 posted on 12/16/2018 1:11:53 AM PST by D Rider
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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51 posted on 12/16/2018 7:25:44 PM PST by bitt (,)
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To: tomkat

No, they send the opposite message in public gulags: Guns are used to kill students - outlaw them!


52 posted on 12/17/2018 1:38:36 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Big Red Badger

Yes, but the Alamo was reason for Mexican citizens to demand weapons (as it was part of Mexico at the time); Santa Anna was sent to deal with foreign settlers who wouldn’t pay Mexican taxes...


53 posted on 12/17/2018 1:39:47 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Alamo,
Goliad
and
Concord had one thing in
common and that is
Freemen understand that
to be Disarmed is to be
Enslaved.


54 posted on 12/17/2018 7:23:07 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Big Red Badger

Alamo + Goliad = San Jacinto and the Halls of Montezuma

I’m thinking about going again. To walk the short distances at the San Jacinto battlefield and realize the enormity of the retributive slaughter of Santa Ana’s enemies is to actually feel the blessing of siezing liberty with your own hands. The victory was achieved so quickly the Mexican officers did not know it was happening

To grasp an understanding, read “Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign” by Peter Bregman


55 posted on 12/17/2018 7:36:24 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Big Red Badger

Very true; good point!


56 posted on 12/17/2018 3:53:47 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Big Red Badger

Bumper sticker worthy?


57 posted on 12/17/2018 4:36:11 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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