Jair Bolsonaro has flexibilized by decree the wearing of weapons for hunters and shooting clubs: "Public safety starts at home"

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, signed on Tuesday a decree that flexibiliza the port of arms for hunters and members of shooting clubswho can now go to their practice centers with their loaded rifles or pistols.

"Public safety begins inside the house"said Bolsonaro after signing the decree, which also remove some restrictions it existed for the importation of weapons and ammunition, which will be governed by rules that will be established later.

In another of its points, the decree will also allow members of the armed forces to More than ten years of service.

According to Bolsonaro, this decree will guarantee "the individual right that everyone who wants to have and carry a gun can do it", to the extent that it respects the limits of the decree, which favors only hunters and members of shooting clubs.

According to the President, until now a person "prepared I could not go back and forth from a shooting club with the loaded pistol", despite being trained to handle it properly.

Compared to hunters, Bolsonaro said that the decree did not legalize this practice, banned in the country except in the case of wild boar, a species considered a pest in parts of Brazil.

"No one drops his hunt in Brazil, which is regulated by law"sanctioned in 2013 and limited to wild boar," said the president.

The decree signed on Tuesday complements another decree published last January, which softened the demands of selling weapons to civilians, which had been one of the main campaign promises of the leader of the Brazilian far right, who promised to favor what he calls the "right to defense" against crime.