Brazil’s Bolsonaro Eases Gun Ownership Rules
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro signed on Tuesday (January 15th) a decree that eases the rules for the possession of firearms...
January 16, 2019Topic
Gun control
Murder Rate Up Nearly 8 Percent in Brazil
A study released last week has shown that the number of homicides in Brazil have risen steadily between 2011 and...
November 12, 2013
Gun Registrations Increase in Brazil
Federal Police data shows the number of guns with legal licenses up from 5,161 in 2004 to 31,500 in 2012,...
May 14, 2013
Opinion: Brazil Needs to Double Down on Responsible Gun Control
Opinion by Robert Muggah and Ilona Szabo de Carvalho RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week's slaughter of twenty elementary...
December 25, 2012
Rio School Shooter Bullied
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The young man, 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, who...
April 19, 2011