Editing Overview of gun laws by nation (section)

=== Venezuela ===
{{Main|Firearms regulation in Venezuela}}
During the dictatorship of [[Juan Vicente Gómez]], in 1914, a disarmament decree in the [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Federal District]] was enacted, and later in 1919, a disarmament law was decreed, ordering every weapon owner to give them away to the authorities; the only exceptions were [[machete]]s and hunting shotguns. The official justification offered was to diminish crime, but the law was ultimately used to disarm the population and to prevent possible uprisings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1914 - Cronología de historia de Venezuela|url=https://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/_custom/static/cronologia_hv/zoom/s20/1914-8.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=Fundación Polar|language=es}}</ref> Historian [[Manuel Caballero]] argued that while Gómez's final intention was to prevent his enemies from obtaining weapons, the law contributed to avoid civil wars in Venezuela for the next century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Manuel|first=Caballero|title=La peste militar: escritos polémicos 1992-2007|publisher=Alfa|year=2007|isbn=9789803542344|location=Caracas|pages=180|language=Spanish|author-link=Manuel Caballero}}</ref>

In 2012 Venezuela banned private sales of firearms and ammunition hoping to lower crime rates. The Army, police, and certain groups trusted by the government ([[Colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]]) are exempted from the ban and can buy firearms from state-owned manufacturers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18288430|title=Venezuela bans private gun ownership|date=1 June 2012}}</ref> In 2013 Venezuela stopped issuing new firearm licenses.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2013/0807/Gun-control-Can-Venezuela-regulate-the-flow-of-arms|title=Gun control: Can Venezuela regulate the flow of arms?|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=7 August 2013}}</ref> In 2017 government banned carrying firearms in public places.<ref name="vez">{{cite web|url=https://www.panamatoday.com/international/venezuelan-government-bans-carrying-firearms-180-days-4240|title=Venezuelan government bans carrying firearms for 180 days|date=2 May 2017|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013100733/https://www.panamatoday.com/international/venezuelan-government-bans-carrying-firearms-180-days-4240|url-status=dead}}</ref>