Venezuela bans private gun ownership

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6. I found this part of the article interesting ...

Hugo Chavez's government says the ultimate aim is to disarm all civilians, but his opponents say the police and government may not have the capacity or the will to enforce the new law
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18288430

Venezuela has about 29 million people and an estimated 2 to 4 million firearms in civilian hands. (sources:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35766.htm

http://www.insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1608-venezuela-tries-to-curb-increasingly-trigger-happy-culture)

The United States has a population over 300 million people and the number of firearms in civilian hands is estimated at somewhere around 270 million firearms.

U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people
GENEVA | Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said.

U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/28/us-world-firearms-idUSL2834893820070828

If it may be difficult to disarm Venezuelan citizens it would probably be even more difficult to disarm American citizens.

It is true that few in our nation who favor stronger gun control actually want to ban all firearms, however there are some who feel "assault rifles" or handguns should be banned.

Record-Low 26% in U.S. Favor Handgun Ban
Support for stricter gun laws in general is lowest Gallup has measured
by Jeffrey M. Jones
October 26, 2011

PRINCETON, NJ -- A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people. When Gallup first asked Americans this question in 1959, 60% favored banning handguns. But since 1975, the majority of Americans have opposed such a measure, with opposition around 70% in recent years.


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For the first time, Gallup finds greater opposition to than support for a ban on semiautomatic guns or assault rifles, 53% to 43%. In the initial asking of this question in 1996, the numbers were nearly reversed, with 57% for and 42% against an assault rifle ban. Congress passed such a ban in 1994, but the law expired when Congress did not act to renew it in 2004. Around the time the law expired, Americans were about evenly divided in their views.


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Democrats, Eastern residents, members of gun non-owning households, and women were among the few subgroups to favor a ban on handguns in 1991, but now no key subgroup has a majority in favor. Those with guns in their household are least likely to favor a handgun ban.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/150341/record-low-favor-handgun-ban.aspx