D@mm, I'm sorry to hear this. I hope not too many more get hurt by the new steps that police state is taking. Of course, things might have been better without Chavez, but Jimmy Carter assured us that Mr. Chavez is a decent man and the election that should have removed him was entirely honest, so he must be all right...
I've poked around a bit, and found a fair number of stories in the news about the 100,000 AK's the state is buying for it's 35,000 man army (the rest are for the 65,000 internal security/domestic supression troops?), but nothing about a new ban on private ownership. Can you send some links, or is this not permitted to circulate in the international arena?