David Codrea: Boko Haram Massacre Facilitated by Nigerian Gun Laws

Another great article by David Codrea:

With body numbers described as “too many to count,” but with estimates ranging from “hundreds” to “2,000,” mass murders in Nigeria are being described by Amnesty International as “the deadliest massacre” in the history of the Boko Haram terror group.

“Most victims are children, women and elderly people who could not run fast enough when insurgents drove into Baga, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles on town residents,” the Associated Press reported a government official claiming.

How they got their weapons is yet another example of the futility of “gun control” as this column reported back when the Nigerian government embraced the UN Arms Trade Treaty amidst murder, chaos and terror.

Per GunPolicy.org, a project of the Sydney School of Public Health, which while anti-gun, nonetheless, provides a valuable resource in terms of gun laws around the globe, “In Nigeria, the right to private gun ownership is not guaranteed by law.”

“[C]ivilians are not allowed to possess machine-guns, military rifles and handguns … private possession of semi-automatic assault weapons [and] private possession of handguns (pistols and revolvers) is prohibited,” the site advises. Add to that licensing, background checks and registration for what they are allowed to own, a prohibition on concealed carry and stiff criminal penalties for gun law violations, and Nigeria appears to be a land where the results of such “progressive” policies should be evident for all to see and emulate.

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