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Tue Mar-15-05 02:00 PM
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26. In The Revolution Will Not be Televised, I remember there being a |
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statistic cited that 80% or so of the population carries guns.
It seems like there's already a super-high saturation of weapons in Venezuela.
Another thing I remember thinking after seeing that movie was that one of the few reasons the coup was undone was because people with guns stayed loyal to Chávez. If the Miraflores guards didn't have weapons, and if loyal elements of the armed services weren't armed, Chávez would not have returned to power.
I suspect that the US objection to Venezuelans loyal to Chávez being armed might come from the exact same reading of that movie.
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