{"id":172707,"date":"2022-12-29T12:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=172707"},"modified":"2022-12-29T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:50:14","slug":"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions &#8212; and a Safer Country!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FEIRA DE ARMAS NO BRASIL???\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ug2pnbNfLyg?list=PLztndYEeSXDvi-wMX5XwMOD3zwlE45rlK\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 23<sup>rd<\/sup> through 26<sup>th<\/sup>, Brazil, the largest country in South America, held another gun expo, only the second of its kind in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands gathered in Santa Catarina, a conservative-leaning state in the south, to show support for and practice their newfound freedoms, which many Brazilians claim is also the reason for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tucker-brazils-answer-to-crime-loosen-gun-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">country\u2019s decreased homicide rate<\/a> over the past few years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/texas_expotiro\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">Texas ExpoTiro 2022<\/a> was made possible only after the current Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro loosened restrictions on civilian firearm ownership beginning in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone Said there would be more homicides when Bolsonaro loosened the restrictions, but it turned out to be the opposite!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/23\/brazil-gun-rights-control-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">said<\/a> Paulo de Silva, 25, while attending the expo per <em>The Washington Post<\/em>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Faltam 150 dias para a Texas Expotiro 2022, a maior feira de armas da Am\u00e9rica Latina.<br><br>E n\u00e3o esque\u00e7a de compartilhar com os amantes do mundo das armas<br><br>TEXAS EXPOTIRO 2022<br>BALNE\u00c1RIO CAMBORI\u00da 23 a 26 de Novembro de 2022<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/texasexpotiro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">#texasexpotiro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/texasexpotiro2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">#texasexpotiro2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2hg1lFW4O\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">pic.twitter.com\/L2hg1lFW4O<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Um Novo atirador (@umnovoatirador) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umnovoatirador\/status\/1540854753340563456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">June 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tucker-brazils-answer-to-crime-loosen-gun-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">Brazil\u2019s Answer to Crime \u2014 Loosen Gun Restrictions<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second expo held in the country and the first firearms expo that Brazilian citizens have been permitted to attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firearms enthusiasts traveled from far and wide to learn, train, and show support for their budding freedoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcelo Venera, a retired military police chief and the executive director of the expo, stated the event was named \u201cafter the most gun-loving state [in America],\u201d and said, \u201cwe are here to show that we are good people and there is nothing wrong with loving guns!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the four-day show, the expo provided booths for firearms manufacturers such as Glock and Taurus, Brazil\u2019s largest domestic manufacturer, as well as lectures from gun-advocate groups and training by firearms professionals and urban defense specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brazil&#8217;s Laws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, private firearm ownership in Brazil has been highly restricted, reserved only for a select few citizens willing to undergo the extensive list of constraints. It included psychiatric evaluations, extensive background checks, and a requirement to join a shooting club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after wading through miles of red tape and expensive bureaucratic checkpoints, the local police agency could simply say \u201cno\u201d because an applicant failed to provide adequate justification for firearm ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under President Jair Bolsonaro, the Latin-American country has seen these restrictions loosened via a dozen decrees, including reducing importation taxes on firearms, allowing civilians to purchase semiautomatic rifles such as AR-15s, and allowing sport shooters to purchase more firearms, increasing the number from 16 to 60. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these decrees, private firearm ownership has nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/08\/13\/1116989125\/brazil-firearm-ownership-booms-gun-laws-loosen-bolsonaro\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">doubled<\/a> since 2018. Additionally, the homicide rate has been on a steady decline, resulting in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tucker-brazils-answer-to-crime-loosen-gun-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\"> 27% decrease from 2017 to 2022<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advocates like President Bolsonaro, Paulo de Silva, and Verena claim this is a direct result of increased private firearms ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"944\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F-1024x944.jpeg\" alt=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\" class=\"wp-image-172763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F-1024x944.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F-326x300.jpeg 326w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F-150x138.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F-768x708.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8B9C891C-3F4B-4D2F-863C-91FB785AFF4F.jpeg 1353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brazilian.report\/liveblog\/2022\/02\/22\/murders-lowest-14-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">Total murders in Brazil, 2007-2021<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/23\/brazil-gun-rights-control-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">claim<\/a> there are other factors that lead to the decrease, such as a reduction in cartel turf battles which reached a crescendo in 2017, and the country&#8217;s aging population. They further allege that the new policies have cost thousands of lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expo attendees like Paulo Bonoso and his wife Erika claim to have had their minds \u201copened\u201d by the new laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous expo attendees now claim that they need personal firearms to protect themselves, especially in rural areas where the police presence is minimal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juliana Lopes, a military police major and shooting instructor, said, \u201cWhat\u2019s happened with firearms is the same as what happened with the microwave oven. It entered people\u2019s homes\u2026 and has become a survival tool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future of Gun Rights For Brazilians <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun laws in Brazil are still far more restrictive than in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/23\/brazil-gun-rights-control-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">United States<\/a>. With firearm prices triple what they are in the U.S. and with an extensive issuing process still in place, firearm ownership is still a right largely reserved for the middle and upper classes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/23\/brazil-gun-rights-control-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">2022 presidential<\/a> elections held in October, President Bolsonaro is set to return the seat to former President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula de Silva on January 1<sup>st<\/sup>. Lula\u2019s advisors have stated he recognizes that once rights have been granted, it is challenging to take them away, but he still plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/23\/brazil-gun-rights-control-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\">reverse<\/a> as many of Bolsonaro\u2019s policies as he can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\" title=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands gathered recently in Santa Catarina, Brazil to show support for and practice their newfound freedoms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":172752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,240],"tags":[132,469,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-172707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-gun-control","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thousands gathered recently in Santa Catarina, Brazil to show support for and practice their newfound freedoms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brazilian Gun Show Celebrates Loosened Restrictions -- and a Safer Country!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thousands gathered recently in Santa Catarina, Brazil to show support for and practice their newfound freedoms.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/brazilian-gun-show-celebrates-loosened-restrictions-and-a-safer-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-29T17:03:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T13:50:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Brazil_GunShow.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"P. 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