Brazil. One of the most crime ridden nations in the world. With gun laws that are a liberals dream. Elects a pro-gun president who rolls back gun control laws. What happens?
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In 2018, the year before Jair Bolsonaro became president, Brazil had one of the
highest homicide rates among developed countries: 27.8 per 100,000 people,
compared with 5 per 100,000 in the U.S. Mr. Bolsonaro’s solution: “Give guns to
good people. Let people have guns so that they have the chance to defend
themselves.”
"In Brazil aspiring gun owners have to be at least 25, undergo psychological and
technical aptitude screening, show proof of employment, and explain why they
want a firearm. Mr. Bolsonaro eliminated the psychological and other screening
requirements.
By November 2021, Mr. Bolsonaro had made 32 changes to ease Brazil’s gun laws.
Brazilians were allowed to own more and more-powerful guns—up to six guns and
up to .50 caliber, the same maximum caliber as the U.S. He raised the maximum
annual ammunition purchase to 5,000 rounds a year from 50. He made it easier to
carry concealed handguns in public.
Before Mr. Bolsonaro, Brazilians had to pay $260 for a new gun license and $25
every three years to renew it. This put legal gun ownership out of reach of the
poor. The initial license fee has fallen to around $18.50, and licenses are good for
10 years.
Instead of surging, crime declined sharply in Brazil. In three years under Mr.
Bolsonaro, the homicide rate has fallen 34%, to 18.5 per 100,000.
The media and gun-control advocates were wrong about Brazil. Mr. Biden and Ms.
Hochul should take note."
34% drop in homicide? Wow. That's human lives being saved. People not losing loved ones. Families, children not traumatized by daddy or mommy dying horribly.
AND, that is undersells it. What about all the people shot who lived, but are maimed or scarred for life?
Or even teh ones that live and heal up completely. Spending two years getting your face rebuilt, or 2 months unable to wipe your own ass, because your arm is in a straight cast, are not minor issues.
And this still doesn't touch the secondary effects, the money available to be spent on other social issues, the better development in neighborhood where people are less afraid to invest, ect. ect. ect.
Opinion | More Legal Guns Reduced Crime in Brazil
Homicide fell 34% after Bolsonaro made firearms permits easier and cheaper.
www.wsj.com
"
In 2018, the year before Jair Bolsonaro became president, Brazil had one of the
highest homicide rates among developed countries: 27.8 per 100,000 people,
compared with 5 per 100,000 in the U.S. Mr. Bolsonaro’s solution: “Give guns to
good people. Let people have guns so that they have the chance to defend
themselves.”
"In Brazil aspiring gun owners have to be at least 25, undergo psychological and
technical aptitude screening, show proof of employment, and explain why they
want a firearm. Mr. Bolsonaro eliminated the psychological and other screening
requirements.
By November 2021, Mr. Bolsonaro had made 32 changes to ease Brazil’s gun laws.
Brazilians were allowed to own more and more-powerful guns—up to six guns and
up to .50 caliber, the same maximum caliber as the U.S. He raised the maximum
annual ammunition purchase to 5,000 rounds a year from 50. He made it easier to
carry concealed handguns in public.
Before Mr. Bolsonaro, Brazilians had to pay $260 for a new gun license and $25
every three years to renew it. This put legal gun ownership out of reach of the
poor. The initial license fee has fallen to around $18.50, and licenses are good for
10 years.
Instead of surging, crime declined sharply in Brazil. In three years under Mr.
Bolsonaro, the homicide rate has fallen 34%, to 18.5 per 100,000.
The media and gun-control advocates were wrong about Brazil. Mr. Biden and Ms.
Hochul should take note."
34% drop in homicide? Wow. That's human lives being saved. People not losing loved ones. Families, children not traumatized by daddy or mommy dying horribly.
AND, that is undersells it. What about all the people shot who lived, but are maimed or scarred for life?
Or even teh ones that live and heal up completely. Spending two years getting your face rebuilt, or 2 months unable to wipe your own ass, because your arm is in a straight cast, are not minor issues.
And this still doesn't touch the secondary effects, the money available to be spent on other social issues, the better development in neighborhood where people are less afraid to invest, ect. ect. ect.
