Police in Venezuela destroyed nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols Wednesday as part of a new national gun control campaign to take firearms off the streets.

“We are going to bring disarmament and peace,” Interior Minister Nestor Reverol told Reuters. Law enforcement officers drilled and sawed weapons and used truck-mounted presses to crush some firearms.

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