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Amidst Calls For Gun Ban In The US, Nigeria Cited As Why This Is A Foolish Ploy by VulgarVulvas: 9:46am On Jun 28, 2022
The article below appeared on an American far-right Libertarian financial website (Zerohedhedge).

[b]Note: [/b]Libertarianism is not fascism neither does it equate to the madness knosn as Liberalism.

Because they are described as far-right doesn't equate their views to fascism. The website's principles are by and large based on early American colonialist ideals calling for small , weak govts, rule of law, right to own property, right to sustenance and self preservation which are all enshrined with the right to bear arms and "stand your ground" laws. For this reasons , the website is pro-gun ownership and has always kicked against the DNC's unrelentless efforts to rescind the second amendment from the US constitution.

Citing the common sense logic that a total ban on citizen gun ownership is the final step to govt tyranny and the fact that criminals will acquire arms without govt approval or licence and thus see to a society plagued by govt tyranny , inefficiency in policing and a society where only state agents and criminals own guns.

The case of Zamfara was referenced with the latest reversal of gun confiscation by the governor which has been reversed to granting gun ownership licence and "stand your ground" laws in checking the marauding Fulani terrorist gangs that plague that state and most of the entire nation.

Whenever I read articles referencing the latest DNC sponsored terrorist attacks in the form of the crazed lone public shooter and read comments here from Nigerians condemning US gun laws, I always remind people here that there are so many foreign agents on this forum pushing a narrative.

For all thei DNC orchestrated false flag crazed public shooter, the US , if I must remind you, does not have an army of terrorists occupying large swaths of land and forming a parallel govt .

The only solution to Nigeria's current descent to total chaos is to grant gun ownership to her responsible and law abiding citizens, enact laws for local policing that makes every law abiding citizen within a community a deputizing law enforcement agent and lower courts that can prosecute these criminals and terrorists.


Nigerian Governor Orders Mass Issuance Of Gun Permits To Counter Murderous Hordes


Gun permits have rarely been issued in Nigeria—but that's about to change.

In the face of rampant violence by huge gangs of heavily armed bandits, one state governor has ordered the mass issuance of gun permits to citizens desperate for a chance to protect themselves.

For over a decade, Nigerians living in the country's northwestern states have endured an endless plague of looting, kidnapping and murder at the hands of gangs and ethnic militias, which Nigerians call bandits. The violence has taken its steepest toll on the states of Zamfara and Kaduna.

The bandits operate from bases in remote forests where terrain makes offensive operations by Nigerian security forces more difficult and dangerous. In addition, "Nigeria's security forces are stretched fighting an Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country, leaving individual states to rely on vigilante groups to tackle the bandits," reports Reuters.

In addition to the money they gain through robbery and kidnapping, the bandits also control gold mines, giving them additional resources to fund weapons purchases.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton helped give Nigeria's murderous bandits a powerful advantage over citizens and police alike. The collapse of Libya's government after the U.S.-NATO-led regime change war boosted the flow of military weapons throughout West Africa. According to a 2016 OXFAM report, Libya's illicit arms market has enabled online purchase of rifles, heavy machine guns, rocket-launchers, anti-tank guided missiles and grenade launchers.

With government increasingly incapable of stopping the onslaught, the bandits have been emboldened. In early January, some 200 people were killed in Zamfara as bandits used violence on civilians as a form of retaliation for government airstrikes on their base. In a two-day orgy of violence, up to nine villages were attacked, with bandits shooting villagers while looting and burning their homes.

Last week, bandits attacked two churches in the neighboring Kaduna state, killing eight people and kidnapping 38.

And now, Bello Matawalle, the governor of Zamfara state, has decided his citizens deserve at least a fighting chance against formidable foes. Specifically, the governor ordered the police commissioner to issue 500 licenses in each of the state's 19 emirate subdivisions.

"Government is ready to facilitate people, especially our farmers, to secure basic weapons for defending themselves," said Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, Zamfara information commissioner.

Perhaps betraying an affinity for gun control—even in as desperate a situation as that faced by Nigerians—Associated Press couldn't help but strike a skeptical tone: "It was not yet clear how arming citizens would help prevent the attacks; authorities have admitted that even the Nigerian police are sometimes overwhelmed during violent attacks."

The expansion of gun ownership is one of a variety of measures against the marauders. Others include the closure of gas stations in particularly dangerous areas, and a ban of motorcycles, which are integral to the bandits' modus operandi. Upwards of 300 or more motorcyclists descend on villages at once, typically with both an armed rider and an armed passenger.

"Anybody found riding a motorbike within the areas [are] considered bandits and security agencies are thereby directed to shoot such persons at sight," said Dosara.


Re: Amidst Calls For Gun Ban In The US, Nigeria Cited As Why This Is A Foolish Ploy by NOETHNICITY(m): 10:09am On Jun 28, 2022
Sadly, but this to an extent is true. It is time responsible men and women in this country be licensed to own fire arms

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Re: Amidst Calls For Gun Ban In The US, Nigeria Cited As Why This Is A Foolish Ploy by Lastmessenger2: 10:24am On Jun 28, 2022
Watch how nonentities will come here to tell you Nigeria is not ripped for gun ownership by individuals but they have forgotten that the right to defend oneself from harm is a fundamental human right in nature.
They will rather prefer that fulani terrorist keep killing people unopposed than Nigerians standing up and fighting back.

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Re: Amidst Calls For Gun Ban In The US, Nigeria Cited As Why This Is A Foolish Ploy by VulgarVulvas: 10:49am On Jun 28, 2022
Lastmessenger2:
Watch how nonentities will come here to tell you Nigeria is not ripped for gun ownership by individuals but they have forgotten that the right to defend oneself from harm is a fundamental human right in nature.
They will rather prefer that fulani terrorist keep killing people unopposed than Nigerians standing up and fighting back.

Those ones are really foolish.

Did their ancestors waited for someone to come and defend them? Was there a police force before colonialism?

Dont take those foolish idiots mouthing off the communist agenda to disarm the people.

I have come to realize that so many people want to be slaves.

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