Firearms Responsible for 71 Percent of Homicides in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From the beginning of the 1980s to 2016, the...
June 15, 2018Topic
Firearms
Brazil Increases Punishment for Possession of High-Power Firearms
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, sanctioned on Thursday (October 26th)...
October 27, 2017
Study Finds Black Brazilians Killed by Gunfire 2.5 More than Whites
The 'Map of Violence' report shows that shows that in all more than 42.4 thousand lives were lost in 2012...
May 14, 2015
Disarmament Law Threatened by Congressional Project
The disarmament law of 2003 increased the minimum age for gun ownership from 21 to 25 years.
November 25, 2014
Brazil Firearm Sales to U.S. Up 187.5%
The U.S. purchased nearly 7.9 million, or eighty percent, of the 9.9 million exported Brazilian firearms in the past forty...
April 30, 2013