A cleverly designed 2012 ban on private gun ownership in Venezuela is making it easier for Nicolas Maduro to keep a popular uprising in check, but perhaps more importantly, the ban is making his clampdown more palatable to a watching world.
A Closer Look At The 2012 Gun Ban That’s Helping Maduro Stay In Power
![A bus burns down during a protest in the border city of Urena, Tachira, after President Nicolas Maduro's government ordered a temporary close-down of the border with Colombia on February 23, 2019. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) A bus burns down during a protest in the border city of Urena, Tachira, after President Nicolas Maduro's government ordered a temporary close-down of the border with Colombia on February 23, 2019. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-1126893324-e1557524259747.jpg)
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Rachel Stoltzfoos
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