This is a portion of an article in this mornings Washington Post which is scary to say the least. The whole story can be found at:Later this month every citizen from 18 to 70 will confront a clear, yes-no question: Should the sale of all types of guns and ammunition be banned nationwide for everyone except the police and military?
The Oct. 23 referendum, in which all adults must participate (voting is optional for those over 70), will be the first time any country has taken a proposed gun ban to the national ballot. Brazil has the highest number of firearms fatalities in the world, with more than 36,000 people shot dead last year, according to government figures.
Initial surveys indicate that most Brazilians favor a ban, hoping it will at least reduce the large number of guns circulating in the country. Opponents argue that banning guns will do little to stop criminals while making it harder for citizens to defend themselves.
Internationally, gun control advocates and opponents are monitoring the campaign closely, studying the possibility that the referendum could be replicated elsewhere.
"If the ban is passed, then I definitely expect other countries to try the same thing," said Rebecca Peters, director of the International Action Network on Small Arms, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations leading a U.N. effort to curb the illegal gun trade. "It will send a message to other countries influenced by powerful gun lobbies that it's possible to work around them."
That was one of the interesting points in the full story, I got the impression that the drug gangs were actually providing some measure of protection in some of the areas the police wouldn't go into.Scott said:I have some insight into this since I just spent the last week in Brazil.
The crime in the suburbs of the big cities is out of control. There are places the police will not go, so the residents are on their own.
Weapon of choice is Chainsaw not as much work to hack them apart havent ya seen Scarface read a report once that they sold more chain saws in Flordia than in orgean logging country whats up with thatQKShooter said:I wonder if all of those Brazilian 1911 Colts will make it up to the U.S.
Gee....I wonder how long it will take for the Brazilian thugs & drug dealers to revert back to hacking people up into bite~size little pieces with machetes again?
