Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, Vows to Legalize Guns for Self Defense

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- Brazilian President-Elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is following President Donald Trump in keeping promises he made during his campaign, or at least, he is continuing to say he will keep one of those promises only three days before being sworn in, on 1 January 2018. From telesurenglish.net:

Three days before being sworn-in, Brazil’s far-right President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro stated on Saturday that he intends to sign a decree to allow people with no criminal record to buy guns.

“By decree, we intend to guarantee the POSSESSION of firearms for the citizen without criminal antecedents, as well as make its registration definitive,” Bolsonaro wrote on Twitter.

The loosening of firearms laws was one of the key platforms in Bolosonaro‘s campaign for the 2018 elections. The former army captain will take office on January 1.

Bolsonaro gave no further details and it was not immediately clear what mechanisms he will have at his disposal to carry out such a decree, or what specific measures the decree would contain.

Brazil’s Congress is already discussing measures to loosen gun laws.

In 1980, Brazil had a homicide rate of about 12 per 100,000 …Read the Rest

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