@AZ_Brittney Really? The media is mostly corrupt and in lockstep with the Democrat Socialist Party. Russia Gate, Hunter's Laptop, antroprogentic climate change, Lawfare, gross government corruption, covid coverage ....
It will also allow Democrats to do what they do to destroy American the same way Venezuela did under Chávas and Maduro, that worked well!
The president most directly associated with banning private firearm sales and pushing civilian disarmament in Venezuela was Hugo Chávez. In 2012, during his presidency, the government enacted the “Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law,” which banned the commercial sale and importation of firearms and ammunition to civilians (with exceptions only for police and armed forces). The explicit goal was to “disarm the civil population” as a way to reduce the country’s high crime and murder rates.4
Chávez launched earlier disarmament campaigns and commissions (including in 2011), and an amnesty program encouraged citizens to surrender weapons in exchange for goods like appliances. However, voluntary surrenders were very low, leading to thousands of guns being confiscated by force.3
Hugo Chávez died in March 2013. His successor, Nicolás Maduro, continued and expanded these policies. Maduro signed the disarmament bill into law in 2013, introduced harsh penalties (up to 20 years in prison for illegal possession), created disarmament centers, and oversaw further confiscations and public destruction of weapons. Some sources describe the 2012 ban as occurring under Maduro’s influence or even attribute an executive order to him around that time, but the core law and initial ban were driven under Chávez.6
Key Timeline
•Pre-2012: Firearms were already regulated, but civilians could legally own and purchase them with permits.
•2012: Ban on private sales/importation under Chávez.
•2013 onward: Implementation, stricter enforcement, and expanded disarmament efforts under Maduro (including stopping new licenses and banning public carry in later years).
Note that the policy did not fully “take away all” existing privately owned weapons in one sweep—existing legal owners were not immediately required to surrender everything, but new acquisitions became impossible, and enforcement involved widespread confiscations. The measures were justified as crime reduction but have been criticized (especially in hindsight) as leaving civilians more vulnerable amid ongoing violence and political repression.
@SenAdamSchiff Awesome use of federal agents to help out with the TSA that Democrats refuse to fund. Democrats are the party of hate, incompetence, and misery.
Hmmmm Al Gore challenged the vote count in Florida during the 2000 U.S. presidential election by requesting manual recounts in specific counties shortly after the initial results.
The election was held on November 7, 2000. After an automatic machine recount (mandated due to the close margin under Florida law), Gore’s campaign formally requested manual hand recounts in four key counties—Volusia, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach—on November 9, 2000.
This request was part of efforts to address issues like disputed ballots (e.g., “hanging chads” and the controversial “butterfly ballot” in Palm Beach County). The Gore team pursued these recounts through legal and procedural channels, leading to ongoing disputes, certifications, court battles (including the Florida Supreme Court ordering a broader recount), and ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore on December 12, 2000, which halted further recounts. Gore conceded the election the next day, on December 13, 2000.
In summary, the primary “challenge” via requesting recounts began on November 9, 2000, though the broader contest phase (including lawsuits) extended into late November and December.
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@nickshirleyy
STAGGERING FRAUD! 🚨💸
Nick Shirley just exposed $170M in CA daycare fraud, following Dr. Oz’s $3.5B hospice scheme. Taxpayer money is being STOLEN while we struggle! 🏛️🔥
Should everyone involved in this fraud be JAILED immediately?
YES or NO? 👇
@ValueAnalyst1@luigi_warren Imagine being so ignorant to post your question! Over a 12 mount period there was one major accident per 5,300,600 using FSD, human drivers averaged one major accident every 660,164 miles. If auto safety is your primary concern, would you trust riding in a car driven by a human?