Apparently Venezuela is about to embark on a nationwide plan to confiscate and/or exchange guns with 2000 firearms destroyed in Caracas this week:
Close to 2,000 firearms were destroyed in Caracas, #Venezuela today as country relaunches its gun control campaign. https://t.co/bmIXWE36Ia
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 17, 2016
#Venezuela's Internal Affairs Minister Néstor Reverol holds a crushed gun as new program rolls out. pic.twitter.com/RbQ55PllwJ v @MIJPVenezuela
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 17, 2016
3k+ weapons from 8 states were turned in voluntarily including riffles and shotguns, per @MIJPVenezuela https://t.co/Ax0MVTqHap
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 18, 2016
According to reports, 17,000 firearms have been destroyed this year:
#Venezuela's #guncontrol: The public display of destroying 2k arms is small considering over 17k weapons have been destroyed in 2016.
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 18, 2016
And the plan will be implemented nationally in September:
#Venezuela: "In September, Plan Disarm will be implemented throughout the country" https://t.co/Vkrcp2IsCU
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 18, 2016
Corrected: A rifle* is destroyed as part of #Venezuela's "Plan Disarm," a measure for gun control.(? @MIJPVenezuela) pic.twitter.com/CGqipF68rz
— reported.ly (@reportedly) August 18, 2016
According to Reuters, Venezuela is planning a registry of bullets as well:
Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets https://t.co/PKhfRJnTef pic.twitter.com/rEiisbY9Nz
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2016
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