Told you so! (International version)

Miggy · March 21st, 2006, 11:50 AM

Background: About 3-4 years ago, Venezuela's Assembly passed a Gun Control law aimed at restricting even more the alredy existing tight laws. I can't recall exactly but it had some feel-good title that sounded like Searching for Peace or some BS like that but the result was an inmediate raise in violent crimes. The following is the translation of part on an article published in a Venezuelan Newspaper. I am not the best of translators but I tried to keep the idea.

Quote:

EL UNIVERSAL
3/19/06

GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ

Ladrones prefieren usar armas de fuego que desentrañar complicadas alarmas
El pasado año se registraron sólo en Caracas más de tres mil robos y hurtos de vehículos. El ex jefe policial atribuyó el fenómeno a la facilidad que tienen los delincuentes para adquirir un arma de fuego y a la dificultad que tienen los ciudadanos para obtener un porte legal de armas. "Antes dudaban porque cualquier persona podía repeler el ataque, pero ahora presumen que el individuo no representa ninguna amenaza para ellos".

Thieves rather use guns than deal with complicated alarm systems.
Last year alone there were over three thousand vehicles robbed at gunpoint in the city of Caracas. A former police chief said that the increase in numbers is because crooks have no trouble obtaining a gun but it is very difficult for citizens to obtain a permit to carry a gun. "Before [criminals] were cautious because a citizen could repel an attack, but now they are assuming that the individual [being robbed] does not represent a threat whatsoever."

Shekkian · March 21st, 2006, 12:36 PM

That sounds like something a dictator like Hugo Chavez would do.

srfl · March 21st, 2006, 12:42 PM

Since gun control is more about people control, I doubt that Chavez y amigos will do anything but pass this foolish law into place.

P95Carry · March 21st, 2006, 12:56 PM

"When guns are outlawed .............." We know the rest!

madmike · March 21st, 2006, 03:40 PM

History repeats itself, yet again. . .

mm

March 21st, 2006, 12:42 PM	#3
srfl Senior Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: FL Posts: 6,270	Since gun control is more about people control, I doubt that Chavez y amigos will do anything but pass this foolish law into place. __________________ USAF: Loving Our Obscene Amenities Since 1947

March 21st, 2006, 12:56 PM	#4
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	"When guns are outlawed .............." We know the rest! __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 21st, 2006, 03:40 PM	#5
madmike Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 752	History repeats itself, yet again. . . mm __________________ Political Correctness has now "evolved" into Political Cowardice.

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March 21st, 2006, 12:36 PM	#2
Shekkian Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 105	That sounds like something a dictator like Hugo Chavez would do.