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> Removing guns from the streets may reduce gun deaths It didn't in Brazil. Since 2004, civilians can't carry their guns and the police makes it very hard for
by goshx 8y ago
> Removing guns from the streets may reduce gun deaths
It didn't in Brazil. Since 2004, civilians can't carry their guns and the police makes it very hard for them to be able to have one in the first place, or to register them again when it's time to renew.
Here is a graph with the homicides in Brazil from 1996 to 2016: http://www.ipea.gov.br/atlasviolencia/dados-series/31 http://www.ipea.gov.br/atlasviolencia/dados-series/31 (click on "País", then scroll down to see the graph)
- leereeves 8y agoLeading to the election of Bolsonaro, who promised to repeal gun control. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-guns-idUSKCN1P91Q6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-guns-idUSKCN1P91Q6