Brazil's firearm ownership booms, and gun laws loosen, under ... - NPR
WEBAug 13, 2022 · Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has issued more than a dozen decrees in favor of Brazilians' right to bear arms. Sales have spiked and gun shops and shooting ranges have opened up all over...
Jair Bolsonaro and guns: A US culture war raging in Brazil - BBC
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Gun culture was a key part of Jair Bolsonaro's winning campaign to become Brazil's president. Three years later, what impact has he had on the nation's relationship with firearms and how...
Brazil’s Lula places new restrictions on gun ownership, reversing ...
WEBBrazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a decree tightening restrictions on civilian access to guns in Brazil, in a move aimed at reversing the pro-firearms policies of his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
As deadline passes, Brazil aims to seize unregistered guns
WEBMay 4, 2023 · Now, his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been moving to undo Bolsonaro’s pro-gun policies, and that started with requiring gun owners to register their weapons with police. After initial resistance, he started seeing success.
Jair Bolsonaro and guns: A US culture war raging in Brazil
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Gun culture was a key part of Jair Bolsonaro's winning campaign to become Brazil's president. Three years later, what impact has he had on the nation's relationship with firearms and how...
Lula rolls back Bolsonaro's looser Brazilian gun controls
WEBJul 22, 2023 · BRASILIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday signed an executive order tightening civilian access to firearms in a bid to slow a surge in gun ownership...
Exclusive: Brazil federal police warned against Bolsonaro arms …
WEBJul 29, 2022 · As President Jair Bolsonaro has aggressively sought to boost gun ownership in Brazil, documents obtained by Reuters reveal one key source of resistance to his agenda: his own federal police.
Insight: Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves
WEBSep 22, 2022 · Bolsonaro, a nationalist former soldier, has made it easier for Brazilians to bulk-buy firearms by registering with the army as hunters, marksmen or collectors, known as "CACs." With his...
Bolsonaro’s Pro-Gun Agenda May Become Law - Foreign Policy
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · A divisive bill that would loosen the country’s gun control measures, and thus effectively increase civilian firearm ownership, is one step away from being voted on in the Federal Senate—and ...
Under Bolsonaro, gun ownership rose, killings fell, Brazil debates …
WEBDec 23, 2022 · Private gun ownership, once tightly restricted in Latin America’s largest country, has grown at least sixfold in the four years since President Jair Bolsonaro began relaxing the rules.
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