
Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
Riot police detain an injured peasant farmer as they evict protesters near the Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on August 21, 2012.
Honduran riot police fired tear gas to remove farmers who had set up barricades and burned tires to block a main avenue near the Supreme Court in the capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The protesters were demanding that a decree that would have the effect of disarming farmers in Bajo Aguan be ruled unconstitutional by the court.
The Honduran Congress approved a law earlier this month prohibiting the public possession and transportation of guns in Colon, a region of the country where drug trafficking and other agrarian conflicts are blamed for the killings of more than 60 people in the past three years.
At least 20 of the farmers were detained after attacking policemen with rocks during the protest, local media reported.
Previously on PhotoBlog:
- Farmers seize land from one of the wealthiest men in Honduras
- Hunt for drug traffickers terrorizes Honduras village
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Another short sighted idea to ban all gun's because the criminal's are killing the resident's. But I know all good drug traffiker's will abid by the new law and run right into the nearest police station and turn in their weapon's. Because they wouldn't want to break a new law, just the old one's, right.
Oh just what will the Honduran's do with all the new violent free day's ahead of them, thank's to the quick thinking government. Have no fear Honduran's the unarmed civilian's of Mexico will be glad to fill you in on how to enjoy your up and coming gun free day's, if you live long enough to enjoy them.
...and then only "Who?" will have the guns after the government decided to take the only protection away from the peasants? And will the police "police" the area now that they have disarmed the population in that region?
If the government was doing its JOB the only people being disarmed would be the bad guys but they choose to disarm the very people who are giving them the least trouble.....Gee?....I wonder where the Honduran government got that idea?
This is how you change from Citizens to Subjects, more "Hope and Change" at work.
The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to give the citizens the ability to protect themselves from the government. I'd like to say this could never happen here, but I'm starting to have my doubts.
After 4 years of change, I need some R&R.....
Todd
As R&R you mean Remove and Replace the current occupant of the WH. My Hope and Change also depends on 6 November 2012 - let's get a new President and lots of new people in Congress for some real Hope and Change!
@Todd & Jack, freaking WORD!!! I've been "hoping" for "change" for over three years now!!!
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
In the US all you have is guns, but our military has tanks, missiles, etc. No gun will stop our government from doing what they want. Let's hope it never comes to this, but I have my doubts.
Texas: How many tanks & missiles did the Viet Cong have?? The Libyan rebels?? The Taliban??The Syrian Rebels??
Newsflash: The only gun policy Obama ever implemented was when he lifted the ban on carrying guns into national parks that Bush imposed. In other words, you have more gun rights under Obama than you did under Republicans. But you'll never hear the NRA or Fox "News" report on that truth.
I'd be happy if we could just get back to the NORMAL levels of stupidity and chaos.
I'd like to see the Government try it here. It would be a new civil war with very little backing for the Government as 90% of the military would join the side of their brothers, mothers Fathers and sisters. It would over in a matter of days as those who would try to take away our gun rights or sign any agreement with the UN to do so would be considered Treasonists. They would be hunted down , arrested and tried by a jury of their peers. Once convicted they would spend the rest of their miserable lives in a special prison where it would be hard labor 24/7.
So go ahead and sign Hillary and see where you end up.
It's beginning to sound as though Barack wants to be like George (LOL).
wake up America, this will be us soon, if the government gets its way
Strange that during the Bush yrs I never seen a drop in the taxes I paid (32%) and never as able to find a better paying job even after 3yrs of night school
So after reading the ayatollah comments I thought I'd do some checking around ( 6 different sites ) and they all had about the same numbers for job creations , throwing out 02 because it might have something to with Clinton and 08 because of Democratic influences Bush is credited with 130k jobs per month , Obama is credited with 131k per month , doesn't look like either party has alot to brag about . And if you were to include 02 and 08 Bushs numbers would drop by 20k per month
I think our 2 party system sucks as we only have the choice of the lesser of 2 evils and their both POS groups ruled by foul mouthed self serving mental midgets
Govt doesnt create jobs. The best they can do is NOT prevent or destroy them.
Absotively! The 2 party system sucks and until the good folks of the US get rid of the free loading self serving scum that claims to be working for us we will continue in a downward spiral. The way it works now... throw the bums out and put new bums in. Stupid, Stupid. They all swore to uphold the Constitution, at minimum they should be charged with lying under oath.
Those that would control you or rob you want you to first, give up your guns.
i finally agree w/you tumble.
They are preparing to ban weapons through the U.N., headed up by Hillary Clinton as part of Agenda 21. HOWEVER, Homeland Security & other agencies are stocking up. The Social Security Admin. just ordered 174,000 rounds of .357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow-point pistol ammo, I guess for those unruly seniors. 46,000 rounds of similar ammo ordered by National Weather Service or NOAA--not sure which--and all of them claim they are for "training and practice." FYI: according to a military friend, the gov't does not used hollow points for target practice.
if you want to shoot people over your stupid right to bear arms and pump others full of lead, you are not a "good person" or "law abiding" citizen. Just goes to show that 2nd amendment nuts are dangerous and shouldnt have guns in the first place.
My stupid right to bear arms is what keeps people from helping themselves to everything you have. As they say... when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away.