Why Cuba has one of the lowest civilian gun ownership rates in the world

By Lee Williams

(Image from licensed Shutterstock account).by Lee WilliamsOn January 8, 1959, Fidel Castro made his victorious entry into Havana, which signaled an end to the Cuban revolution. The very next day Castro’s henchmen began seizing personally owned firearms and disarming the entire population, allegedly to prevent a countercoup.Belgian FNs, American M1 and M2 carbines and a wide variety of submachineguns, shotguns and handguns were all seized from Castro’s forces. The propaganda machine fully supported the weapon seizure. Olive Green, the Cuban Army magazine claimed there was a large number of negligent discharges taking place because the guerillas were carrying their weaponry “as if they were adornments.”Today, just 90 miles from the Florida Keys, Cuba has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world. Sixty-six years after his revolution, Castro’s henchmen are still disarming the Cuban populace, even though there’s not much left for them to find.Case in point: Last week Cuban police arrested a man in Havana for what they described as an “arsenal of weapons” in his home, according to one website that covers the country’s legal affairs.A raid by the Cuban Criminal Investigation and Community Work Forces was carried out February 18 at 6:40 a.m. in the

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