Presidential decree opens up gun ownership in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro supporters celebrating his presidential election win last year. The far-right leader is pro-gun and had campaigned on a tough-on-crime platform. – EPA pic, May 9, 2019.
TRUCKERS, lawyers and politicians are among millions of Brazilians eligible to carry loaded weapons in public under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s decree relaxing gun laws that experts say is unconstitutional and will fuel deadly violence. Pro-gun Bolsonaro, whose tough-on-crime rhetoric helped get him elected last year, signed the controversial order on Tuesday, but the full text was only released yesterday showing a wide range of professions, including hunters, farmers and even certain journalists, are now allowed to carry their guns on the street or at work.
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