In March 2004, the carrying and use of firearms was suspended for a week on the eve of a march against the violation of human rights during protests demanding a recall referendum against Chávez. Yes, it is correct that the supreme court also expanded in 2004 if I am not mistaken.
Then in 2017 "The ban on carrying weapons for Venezuelans occurs less than 24 hours after the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, announced the convocation of a Constituent Assembly, a decision that has been rejected by the opposition, which considers it a consolidation of the coup d'état by the president.
"I summon the original constituent power to achieve the peace that the Republic needs, to defeat the fascist coup and so that it is the people, with their sovereignty, who impose peace, harmony and true national dialogue," said Maduro." Information taken from a journalism page.