Licensing and the purchase of a firearm cost at least R $ 4,000

BRASÍLIA – Main promise and first effective measure of the government
Bolsonaro
in the field of public security, the facilitation of
possession of firearms
, which should be published in a decree this week, will serve the part of the richest population that is able to bear the resulting expenses. A GLOBO study in three capitals of the country shows that the cost of acquiring a weapon currently starts at R $ 4,000 and can reach R $ 10,000.

Values ​​are far from the possibilities of most Brazilians. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with reference to 2017, half of the population has an average income of R $ 754 per month.

Among the costs badociated with weapons plans, the price of the firearm weighs the heaviest. Market value varies by model and size, ranging from R $ 3,500 to R $ 8,000 or more.

The more cautious calculation of expenditures, about R $ 4 000 in total, presupposes that the interested party will choose the cheapest weapons from the Brazilian market and that it will not be necessary to take practical courses to pbad. the firing test required by the Federal Police, which authorizes civilians to possess weapons.

Government Requirements

See how much you are currently spending and on average, in large urban centers, to buy a gun

Three to Four Months

This is the average time between the application filed. in the PF and obtaining due to the weapon

Unless exception, the civilian population needs the permission of the PF to dispose of a weapon. It is necessary to give a criminal record, for example

. This must be done by a professional accredited by the PF. A list of qualified psychologists is available on the website of the institution. The document is valid for one year

Obtaining Technical Training

The weapons handling test is performed by an instructor accredited by PF. If the interested person does not succeed, you may need to take a basic filming course. The certificate is valid for one year

Once the PF has authorized the acquisition of a weapon for the possession of the property, the interested party takes the authorization from the store and proceeds with the acquisition. The ordinary citizen only has access to certain models

. He receives the bill from the store and returns to the PF to obtain the register of this weapon. In the document you will find the specifications of the armament. Today, it is valid five years

After receiving the registration, with the firearm data, the citizen returns to the store to remove it. The FP also grants a residence permit to be used at that time

Three to four months

This is the average time between the application filed with the PF and the obtaining by the weapon

cost a

firearm:

from R $ 3,500

to more than

R $ 8,000

Basic Shooting Course

(non-mandatory )

] Source: Costs survey carried out in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

See how much you are currently spending, on average, in large urban centers, to buy a firearm

Three to four months

C & # 39; is the current average time between the application filed in the PF and obtaining the fact of the weapon

Except exception, the civilian population needs to. an authorization from the PF to dispose of a weapon. It is necessary to give a criminal record, for example

This must be done by a professional accredited by the PF. A list of qualified psychologists is available on the website of the institution. The document is valid for one year.

Obtaining Technical Training

The weapons handling test is performed by an instructor certified by the PF. If the interested person does not succeed, you may need to take a basic filming course. The certificate is valid for one year

Once the PF has authorized the acquisition of a weapon for the possession of the property, the interested party takes the authorization to the store and proceeds to the acquisition. The ordinary citizen only has access to certain models

. He receives the bill from the store and returns to the PF to obtain the register of this weapon. In the document you will find the specifications of the armament. Today, its validity is five years

After receiving the registration, with the firearm data, the citizen returns to the store to withdraw it. The PF also grants a permit to transport to the residence to be used at that time

basic

shooting

(non-compulsory)

starting at R $ 3,500

]. more than

R $ 8,000

How much does a firearm cost

Source: Costs survey conducted in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

the need to do practical courses, the value can more than double, reaching about R $ 10,000. The basic course for learning to film costs between R $ 500 and R $ 600 in the main stands of major cities.

In all cases, the Federal Police requires a report attesting to the psychological fitness and evidence of the technical capability of handling the firearm.

The consultation, which can only be done by psychologists approved by the institution, costs about R $ 200. The technical capacity test, also conducted by authorized instructors only, has an average price of R $ 250. raised by the report in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

There are still rules

The federal police also charge a fee of R $ 88 to receive authorization requests. Today, the institution badyzes whether the interested party has an "actual need" for the weapon from a report established with the application.

The decree that President Jair Bolsonaro will publish this week will create objective criteria to justify possession of a weapon, for example, living in violent places. The idea is to take the "power" of the PF to decide if the citizen can have a gun.

The flexibility provided by Bolsonaro does not, however, eliminate the need for a certificate of technical ability or a psychological report. Indeed, these two conditions are set out in the Statute of Disarmament, a law sanctioned in 2003 that can only be amended by Congress.

Similarly, the minimum age requirement of 25 years and the absence of criminal record will remain valid in the country as they are part of the legislation. Bolsonaro promised to facilitate the other rules, set out in a 2004 decree, which regulated the Statute of Disarmament.

One of the flags of Bolsonaro to reduce the price of the gun is to open the market. Today, although it is possible for ordinary citizens to import weapons, the process is bureaucratic, time consuming and expensive. The public bodies buy only if there is no similar model in Brazil and if the army allows it.

While the opening of the market remains in the field of Bolsonaro intentions, the actions of the arms manufacturer Taurus, which dominates the market in the country, do not stop. increase. On the eve of the decree that will facilitate the possession of the weapon, the company's preferred stock rose 93% and the common stock by 76% in just ten days.

Because of the high costs, legal weapons will not only be in the hands of the middle and upper clbades, but will also be less accessible precisely to the population that suffers the most from violence: the poor. They are the biggest victims of homicides in the country, says Daniel Cerqueira, a researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in the field of public security and contrary to the flexibility of the rules.

– Over 70% of those murdered in the country did not complete elementary school, which indicates low income. Crib, author of a study, indicates that the homicide rate has increased by 2% for every 1% more weapons. This population does not have the slightest financial condition to dispose of a weapon, which for me is not bad news. fire in circulation.

The principle of unequal access to the weapon has already been manifested by re-elected MP Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL-SP), the president's son and a kind of propaganda boy for the release of arms. In a recent message on social networks, he said that "giving citizens access without opening the national market does not make sense, it will only allow the rich to defend themselves and favor a national monopoly weapons".

Door under discussion

Pablo Lira, a professor of public safety and a doctoral student with a study on the geography of crime, says that public policy must be aimed at disarming the criminal and not at arming the population. The collateral effect of avoidable deaths, he says, could be boosted by the current social moment:

– In the scenario of intolerance and radicalization in which we live, the circulation of firearms is much more worrying.

The Bolsonaro Decree will relax the rules on possession, allowing the citizen to keep his gun at home or at work if he is the legal guardian of the institution. But he has already stated in an interview that he also intended to facilitate access to portering, which consists of being able to walk armed. Today, postal items are forbidden to the ordinary citizen and are granted in exceptional cases.