Keep an eye out
Brazil’s crime rate is about to go up:
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a sweeping gun-control law Monday in an effort to rein in what he called “an epidemic of murder by firearms.”
Under the so-called disarmament statute passed Dec. 9 by Congress, only the armed forces, police, prison guards and private security personnel can possess firearms in Brazil.
Update: Per AlphaPatriot, the ban of gun sale to civilians already occured and have had no effect.
December 23rd, 2003 at 12:16 pm
The Thais won’t disarm. It will just be another pay-raise (via bribes) for the police.