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Mika

(17,751 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:45 PM Oct 2015

FYI, Cuba did not ban guns.


I see a lot of gun huggers telling us that Castro rounded up all the guns (and that's why Cubans "suffer" a lack of "freedom&quot .



Cuba Gives Citizens 2 Months to Register Guns

HAVANA — Cuba has declared a two-month amnesty for citizens to register unlicensed guns, and says those passing aptitude and psychological tests will be allowed to keep their weapons.

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Starting Feb. 12, Cubans will have the "exceptional and one-time only" chance to register their guns with police, and will be allowed to keep them provided they are over 18 and have passed the proper tests administered at police stations.

There was no explanation for why the drive to legalize unlicensed weapons is coming now, though the state-run news agency Prensa Latina said the move grew out of a November 2008 law regulating possession of guns and ammunition.

According to a weekend bulletin carried by state news media, gun owners must "maintain conduct consistent with the appropriate norms of social behavior, meet security and protection conditions for the firearms and pay established taxes."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584480,00.html



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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
4. I don't think anyone is proposing gun laws which apply to specific ethnic or religious groups
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:39 PM
Oct 2015

Although, if asked, I'm sure that an overwhelming majority of Americans would want Muslims barred from owning guns.
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