Posted on 12/13/2022 9:01:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
COMENDADOR LEVY GASPARIAN, Brazil (Reuters) - When four federal police officers came to arrest Roberto Jefferson, a close ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the veteran politician made clear he was going nowhere.
"Run," he told them. "You're going to get hurt."
The former federal lawmaker then threw three adulterated stun grenades at the police and sprayed their armored car with over 50 shots from his Smith & Wesson 5.56 mm assault-style rifle.
The high-profile Oct. 23 shootout, just a week before Bolsonaro lost his re-election bid, underscored one of the most daunting challenges facing his leftist rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The president-elect has pledged to "disarm" an increasingly gun-toting country where personal firearms have become a symbol of Bolsonaro's conservative base.
Reuters interviewed eight other people working on, or advising, Lula's transition team on bolstering gun controls once he takes office on Jan. 1. Although their plans are not settled, they aim to revoke dozens of executive orders Bolsonaro signed to loosen gun laws, which sparked a surge in firearms ownership.
Nearly three-quarters of Brazilians opposed Bolsonaro's weakening of gun laws, pollster Datafolha said in May.
The priority will be to reimpose civilian prohibitions on certain high-caliber weapons, including the rifle used by Jefferson, the sources said.
They also plan to make it harder to get new firearms licenses, and more expensive and onerous to renew old ones. The transition team is also looking at ways to streamline opaque databases run by the army and the federal police, they said.
But that's the easy part.
There are now around 1.9 million privately owned weapons registered in Brazil, according to the Igarape and Sou da Paz institutes, up from around 695,000 in 2018 when Bolsonaro was elected. Minimizing that vast stock of firearms, many of which are …
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Likely why the commies had to steal that election. Power was being shifted back toward the people.
adulterated stun grenades>>>>>>>>>>>
You mean they were thrown by his mistresses?
Many Commies will die.
I like this Roberto Jefferson already.....
5.56mm is “high caliber”? Riiiiiiight...
They could start by disarming Lula and all her commie supporters.
Without arms they'd be less likely to get their hands on stuff they shouldn't.
There’s always a bright side.
Disarm Brazil and they will become just like Venezuela immediately.
“5.56mm is “high caliber”? Riiiiiiight...”
Yes, and super powerful. They’ll shoot right through an M1 Abrams.
“They could start by disarming Lula and all her commie supporters.”
It’s a Marxist he.
Quite a few years back Brazil attempted to disarm their populace. Those opposed to disarmament asked the NRA for ways to fight this.
As a result, Brazilians still have their firearms today.
NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUNS!
Isn’t that the goal?
It’s going to be real interesting when the cops and military have to get involved.
Supervisor ….. “Hey Pablo, we’re going to 123 Main St to get some guns.”
Pablo …. “That’s my brothers house.” Decisions decisions
La Familia would likely win in that decision.
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