Brazil has banned gun and ammunition sales, but leading gun-control academics are unwilling to bet that murder rates will fall.
In just
four years in office, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro introduced
reforms that increased gun ownership six-fold. But on Jan. 1, his
first act in office, the newly inaugurated Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed
an executive order banning sales of guns and ammunition and limiting
people to a maximum of three guns. Lula also banned concealed carry and is
moving to take away gun ownership licenses issued under Bolsonaro. Naturally,
gun-control supporters are thrilled, but none of the leading academics who
support these policies are willing to put their money where their mouths are
and bet that murder rates will fall. [more...]
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