Brazil: weapons for politicians, journalists and trucks …

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has also released the possession of weapons he had already used at the beginning of his term. Implemented amendments to the so-called Disarmament Statute to authorize the carrying and marketing of weapons to politicians elected to public office, truckers, journalists covering police affairs, lawyers, traffic officers and employees of securities companies, among others. "Public security begins inside the house," said the far right, who posed with his ministers by making weapon gestures with their hands.

According to Bolsonaro, this decree will guarantee "the individual right that anyone wishing to possess and carry a firearm can do". Under the new government definition, all selected citizens can purchase and load "short" firearms using ordinary ammunition, such as 40, 45 and 9 mm firearms, which was previously used restraint. armed and police forces. He has thus completed fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises. The resolution also eliminates certain restrictions on the import of weapons and ammunition.

The text of Tuesday's decree, which deals with the acquisition, registration, possession, transport and marketing, also allows sport shooters, collectors and hunters, known in Brazil as CAC, to travel with the loaded weapon and have the right to acquire up to a thousand cartridges a year, instead of the current 50, depending on the size. Bolsonaro is at the center of the storm right now because of the claim of scientists around the world for their resistance to the protection of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who live there. In this context, extremists on the right have said that the decree did not seek to legitimize poaching. "Nobody releases hunting in Brazil, which is governed by a law" sanctioned in 2013 and limited to the boar, insisted the leader.

The decree signed on Tuesday completes another dictation, on January 11, which softens the requirements for the sale of weapons to civilians. The provision amended the so-called disarmament law, a law pbaded in 2003 and a year after its approval, it managed to reduce homicide rates in Brazil. The Statute allowed the possession of weapons to persons over 25 years of age without a criminal record and carrying out a lawful activity, as soon as they had demonstrated their psychological capacity to use and justify their needs. Bolsonaro has authorized the purchase of up to four weapons and left the opportunity to buy others.

As in the decree signed in January, the President insisted that this new measure respond to a request from Brazil in 2005. That year, nearly 64% of Brazilians rejected by referendum a law to ban the total sale of # 39; weapons.