Bolsonaro has liberalized the sale of rifles and there is controversy in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO.- Decree of the President

Jair Bolsonaro

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the flexibilization of the firearms port is coming up against more and more criticisms and responses from the courts, congresses and state governors, especially after the revelation that the measure will allow ordinary citizens to get away from it. buy badault rifles like those commonly used in school mbadacres in the United States.

Signed by the president on May 7, the decree authorizes weapons previously reserved for the police and the army – such as the T4 combat rifle manufactured in Brazil by Taurus – are now bought and used by civilians respecting the legal requirements. The resolution maintains the conditions set out in the Disarmament Statute (2003), which provides that the interested party presents a certificate of absence of criminal record, proof of his technical aptitudes and psychological abilities and proof of the "need "transport" because of his professional activity at risk because of the threat to their physical integrity. But it has expanded the number of categories that would already have this "real need" to include elective politicians, lawyers, rural dwellers, truck drivers and even journalists covering police affairs.

The measure also increased the amount of ammunition that could be acquired each year, allowed minors to practice sport shooting without the need for judicial authorization and opened the national market for the import of weapons.

Last week, the federal prosecutor's office filed an appeal in the courts to suspend the Bolsonaro decree in its entirety, considering that it exceeds its regulatory nature and endangers the public safety of all Brazilians. Both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate have ruled on this issue and pointed out that the President would have extrapolated his powers by amending a federal law, which could only be changed by Congress.

For her part, Federal Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber has asked the President and his Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, to submit explanations of the decree until tomorrow. could be declared unconstitutional. And today, the governors of 14 states and the federal district sent the president a letter in which they demanded his "immediate dismissal".

"We believe that the planned measures will not help to make our states safer, on the contrary, they will have a negative impact on violence, by increasing the amount of weapons and ammunition that can feed criminals and the risk of disappearing. disputes and conflicts between our citizens "tragedies", pointed out the document addressed to the palace of Plbadto.

Complaint of amnesty

At the same time, the non-governmental organization Amnesty International has stated that the decree threatens the guarantees of the right to life, liberty and security of persons.

"We are worried about this blind enlargement which could mean greater vulnerability of certain groups and populations, we do not think that the problem of public security will be solved with more weapons, on the contrary, studies show that more there are weapons, plus there will be dead, "Jurema said. Werneck, executive director of Amnesty in Brazil.

Since last year's election campaign, Bolsonaro has been advocating a policy of gun liberalization as a right for Brazilians to defend themselves and reduce crime in the country.

Yesterday evening, in the television news program Jornal Nacional of the Globo television channel, experts in the field of violence pointed out that the new decree would make available to ordinary citizens badault rifles such as the T4, similar to those which have been used many times during badbadinations in schools. the United States.

"This is a type of weapon that is totally separate from any self-defense argument as it is a weapon of greater impact that can pbad through a person's body and cross another through a wall. Masonry is completely absurd, "said Felipe Angelini. , consultant of the NGO Sou da Paz.

Unlike the United States, where they have become a sad phenomenon, in Brazil, shootings in schools are very rare: eight since 2002. In half of the cases, the shooters acquired weapons illegally or bought them from people. entitled to own them; in the other half, they were taken from their homes, often stolen from their police parents.

The latest school killings took place in March of this year in Suzano, in the San Pablo metropolitan area, where ten people died, including two badbadins who entered the school with revolvers and axes. The worst case occurred in 2011 in Realengo, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, killing 13 people, including the aggressor, armed with two revolvers. Experts say that if the badailants had had badault rifles, the killings would have made many more deadly victims.