Posted October 23, 2018 5:30 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Brazil on Cusp of Reforming Restrictive Gun Laws
Brazil on Cusp of Reforming Restrictive Gun Laws

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- In a few days, on 28 October, 2018, Brazilians will vote to elect a president. Brazil has a complicated election system. An election was held on 7 October, and this is the runoff election.

The frontrunner, former Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro is heavily favored to win the runoff. He received over 46% of the vote in the October 7th election. Bolsonaro is a strong proponent of reform of the extremely restrictive Brazilian gun laws. From bloombergquint.com:

(Bloomberg) — With former Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro on the cusp of winning Brazil’s presidency, his allies in Congress plan to deliver on his campaign promise to ease the country’s restrictive gun laws as early as this year.

Gun ownership is one of the flagship campaign pledges of the former paratrooper, who regularly greets his fans by cocking his hands in a gun-shaped salute. Way ahead of his rival Fernando Haddad in opinion polls, Bolsonaro is on course to be elected Brazil’s next president on Oct. 28.

The gun laws in Brazil have been made more and more restrictive since the 1980’s. The latest, most restrictive laws were put into effect in …Read the Rest

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