Gun control will remain in the hands of Patricia Bullrich

Former Renar will move from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Security; the government seeks to improve the continuation of the illegal market in order to reduce the strike power of organized crime

The circulation of arms is a serious and structural problem in Argentina. More than 1,500,000 shotguns, pistols and revolvers are registered, but an uncertain number – according to specialists, doubles and could even triple the number "legal" – moves on the black market that feeds the crime.

An item of information shows the extent of prohibited weapons: over the last ten years, an average of 25,000 units were seized by criminals.

The government is now seeking to focus on legal and illegal arms circuits in an integrated manner. Have control of the stock of weapons and registered users, but also search and remove weapons used to commit crimes and block the transfer between the "white" market and the "black" market, which feeds organized crime with a high power of fire. To this end, it is planned to transfer the National Agency for Controlled Materials (Anmac, formerly Renar), which nowadays relies on the Ministry of Justice, which drives Germán Garavano, to security, by Patricia Bullrich.

Until now, Anmac is essentially focused on controlling the legal market, as a clearly registered body. It is expected, with the current change, to provide it with tools that will also allow it to pursue the illegal market, such as the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which is a federal security agency.

The official intention is to generate an action group with greater operational capacity. Some recent cases have aroused the concern of the authorities. In Mendoza, the man who murdered his mother and aunt, recently arrived from Israel, had registered at least 40 weapons in his name, despite his obvious personal upheavals, attested even by his way of life. However, during the search of his house, only four 9mm pistols were found; the rest of the arsenal, nobody knows where he is. It is not excluded that he sold them illegally or that he "rents" them to criminals.

In recent days, the gendarmerie has raided the home of Mauricio Yebra, the "right hand man" of the trade unionist detained Marcelo Balcedo. In a vault, 137 pistols and tactical rifles were found. He tried to justify such a figure by his penchant for sport shooting and his possible status as an instructor; but he possessed the information of identification of an expired legitimate user, the documentation on possession and portability was out of date and, even, he had weapons without documentary backup. Under the guise of "the blind eye" of someone from the old Renar, Yebra was able to bademble his private arsenal.

Prior to the G-20 summit, it had been discovered that an organization was stocking badault rifles that it had sent to Comando Vermelho – a narco group based in the Rio de Janeiro favelas – and distributed small arms locally.

Arguments

The fear of the firepower of the mafia is one of the pillars of the transfer. In working documents circulating within the government, it is "part of the overall security plan to fight the scourge of drug trafficking and organized crime, reducing its offensive power, which implies the disarticulation of the possession and illegal weapons. "

The authorities want to have a team able to know who has legal weapons, how many weapons they have and, after the risk badysis, to check if this person really has in his possession the weapons registered to his name.

In the government, they conclude that security – which has federal forces – has a greater ability to make inspections more effective. The reform will focus on the verification and control of mandatory weapons collectors.