Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in
public, plans registry of bullets
By Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by David Gregorio. August 18th, 2016
Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.
Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the event marked the renewal of efforts to disarm Venezuelans, through a combination of seizures and a voluntary program to swap guns for electrical goods.
Venezuela has the world's second highest murder rate and the street gangs that plague its poor neighborhoods have become increasingly heavily armed in recent years, at a time when a deep recession has reduced resources available to police.
Gangs often get weapons from the police, either by stealing them or buying them from corrupt officers, experts say.................
"We are going to bring disarmament and peace," Reverol told reporters, while police officers drilled and sawed at rusty shotguns, home made pistols and some newer weapons. Venezuela has also bought laser technology to mark ammunition, Reverol said, in an attempt to keep a registry of the bullets given out to the South American nation's many state and municipal police forces. ....... 
A salutary story. So, destroying some guns and laser marking ammo will "bring disarmament and peace" - this is some amazing and misplaced optimism. Gangs will always find their weapon sources and there is probably a large underground stock of assorted guns in existence. When it comes to gangs and crime, 'gun control' will have little effect.
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