Brazilian Lawmakers Push Law Recognizing Right to Own Guns for Self-Defense

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The result of these gun controls? Nearly 200 people a day were killed in Brazil during 2017.


Brazilian lawmakers are gearing up to push gun reforms that will recognize citizens’ right to own guns for self-defense.
The goal of peeling back gun control took center stage when it became evident that Jair Bolsonaro would win Brazil’s presidential election. Bolsonaro, a former Army Captain who ran as a law and order candidate, is now president-elect.


On October 19, Bloomberg quoted Bolsonaro defending his support of private firearm ownership, saying, “Why have I always defended the ownership of firearms? It’s so that you, upstanding citizens, with a few requirements, can have a weapon inside your house or your farm. If some guy breaks down the door to your house, knocks down the gate of your farm, you have the right to react.”


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...-law-recognizing-right-own-guns-self-defense/
 
“with a few requirements”
“Inside”

Better than nothing, but they have a long long way to go.
 
YeeHaa said:
The result of these gun controls? Nearly 200 people a day were killed in Brazil during 2017.
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73 THOUSAND gun related deaths per year? That can't possibly be correct, can it?
 
Tim said:
73 THOUSAND gun related deaths per year? That can't possibly be correct, can it?
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It's Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7 percent from 2016 to 63,880 according to a study released on Thursday, just months before a presidential election in which violence has become a key issue.

In 2017, Brazil had a murder rate of 30.8 per 100,000 people, up from 29.9 in 2016, according to data published by the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook 2018. Drug-scarred Mexico, which also suffered a record number of murders in 2017, had a homicide rate of around 20 per 100,000 people.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...tally-in-2017-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN1KU2R5
 
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Holy Crap. Note to self: Don't go to Brazil.
 
It's been like that a long time. Years ago, I had a friend from Brazil. He offered to take me down there and show me around and how to stay safe. Unfortunately, the opportunity never materialized, life. That was about the only way I would consider Brazil, with someone that knows the country.
But, the women... Remember, they have the Miss Bumbum Brazil Contest... Sure you don't want to go? :D
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I grew up in Brazil in the 70's when the current president was serving in the military government. Brazil was super safe (machine guns are huge keepers of order). A group of us would think nothing of getting on a bus unaccompanied in 8th or 9th grade, ride 3 or 4 hours to the beach, camp for a week (drink rum for a week) on a beach which was also the coastal highway (no actual road at the time). Then the military government handed it all over voluntarily to the people to vote for their own government. They voted left and damn near destroyed one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Now maybe they can get back on track.
 
Goofyfoot2001 said:
I grew up in Brazil in the 70's when the current president was serving in the military government. Brazil was super safe (machine guns are huge keepers of order). A group of us would think nothing of getting on a bus unaccompanied in 8th or 9th grade, ride 3 or 4 hours to the beach, camp for a week (drink rum for a week) on a beach which was also the coastal highway (no actual road at the time). Then the military government handed it all over voluntarily to the people to vote for their own government. They voted left and damn near destroyed one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Now maybe they can get back on track.
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Back in the '70's, when I was in college, I knew a student from Lebonon. A tear would come to his eye, describing the way it used to be. Some don't know it was once a beautiful resort area.
 
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Goofyfoot2001 said:
I grew up in Brazil in the 70's when the current president was serving in the military government. Brazil was super safe (machine guns are huge keepers of order). A group of us would think nothing of getting on a bus unaccompanied in 8th or 9th grade, ride 3 or 4 hours to the beach, camp for a week (drink rum for a week) on a beach which was also the coastal highway (no actual road at the time). Then the military government handed it all over voluntarily to the people to vote for their own government. They voted left and damn near destroyed one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Now maybe they can get back on track.
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I have family and friends who used to travel to Brazil for business often. They always had to have armed guards/escorts, armored cars, etc. One guy didn't use an armored care one day (not sure why) and he was robbed at gun point by two guys on a motorcycle while stuck in traffic.

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Back in the '70's, when I was in college, I knew a student from Lebonon. A tear would come to his eye, describing the way it used to be. Some don't know it was once a beautiful resort area.
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Looks like we will be telling our children and grandchildren a similar sad tale in the not too distant future... :(
 
If you watch Active Self Defense on Youtube, there are tons of self defense shootings, a lot from South america, tons from Brazil.
 
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