Beyond Realengo and Columbine. An Overview about Violence Caused by firearms in Brazil and in the United States [More]
All by their own selves, right, Fabiola, you moron?
Tell me again about firearms controlled by the government in Brazil.
Tag: Brazil
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Harvard Law Professor, a Founding Member of Think Tank That Drove Gun Control in Brazil, On Leave After Firing Pellet Gun Near Synagogue During Yom Kippur [More]
If it weren’t for double standards, gun-grabbing collectivists would have no standards at all.
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Considering Brazil at that time, plain clothes “Only Ones” doesn’t exactly scream “Freedom!” to me… And learning nothing from history, they’re bent on repeating it.
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree Wednesday broadening gun rights in the country by allowing Argentine civilians to purchase and possess semiautomatic weapons for the first time in 30 years. [More]
It’s not uninfringed, but it’s a damn sight better than it was.
[Via bondmen]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
The US government skyrocketed the USAID budget for Brazil while Bolsonaro was there. Not to help Brazilians economically, but to flood the political opposition in Brazil with money to try to take him out. [More]
[Via Michael G]
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Brazilian pro-Bolsonaro protester who wrote on statue with lipstick sentenced to 14 years in jail: report [More]
Ah, the predicted “justice” under the gun-grabbing socialist Lula…
It reminds me of domestic “justice” under the gun-grabbing socialist Moriarty.
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Bolsonaro Is Making a Comeback Bid in Brazil and Betting on Trump’s Help [More]
Gun Controlling Brazil’s Ban on X and Free Speech Not Only Predictable but Inevitable
Freedom is interconnected. If a government is not afraid to take your guns, why would it hesitate to suppress your speech? [More]
Who do these people think they are? Democrats?
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
Hundreds of thousands just took to the streets to protest against the socialist regime in Brazil and if not for X, you wouldn’t know about it [More]
I hate to say I told you so.
[Via Michael G]
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How Quickly They Forget
The senator’s statements refer to a national referendum held in 2005, during Lula’s first presidential term, in which Brazilian citizens voted overwhelmingly against banning gun and ammunition sales… Reversing Bolsonaro’s flexibilization of firearm access for Brazilian citizens was one of Lula da Silva’s sterner campaign promises. [More]
Now to remind them what they’ve been missing…
[Via bondmen]
Brazil Returns to Gun Control of Old Under Socialist Dictator Lula
How the new disarmament edicts will play with Brazil’s established “gun culture” will be instructive. Defiant Bolsonaro backers should not be surprised to find themselves smeared as extremists and conflated with criminal insurrectionists by highly-placed government officials and the media, just like here in the U.S. [More]
The parallels between there and here are numerous and disturbing. As are the tactics and goals of totalitarians demanding a monopoly of violence.
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Leftist Brazilian President Lula Signs Decree to Restrict Gun Ownership [More]
Show me a commie who doesn’t.
Looks like it’s time for another article…
[Via Michael G]
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Brazil’s top elections court voted Friday to bar Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years — a period that covers the next presidential election — for making what members of the panel said were claims he knew to be false about the integrity of the country’s voting systems. [More]
So “democracy” is just another word of political convenience…?
And if the people want guns…?
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Brazilian police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, seize phone… On Wednesday, Valdemar Costa Neto, the leader of Bolsonaro’s political party, expressed support for the ex-president following the search. “We trust that all doubts the Judiciary has will be clarified and it will be proven that Bolsonaro didn’t do anything illegal,” Neto wrote on Twitter. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro also faces investigations into attacks on the legitimacy of Brazil’s electoral system and embezzlement of foreign gifts. [More]
By hook or by crook, Lula is going to destroy his political rival. It’s what communists do.
[Via Jess]
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Axe attack at Brazilian pre-school leaves four children dead and five injured [More]
What are citizens doing with weapons of war?
[Via Jess]
I Hate to Say I Told You So
Brazil Moves to Take Back Guns After Surge in Purchases [More]
All Cassandra could do was warn.
[Via Steve T]
We’re the Only Ones Footloose Enough
Brazilian police tactics are something else. [More]
Evidently, enough voters prefer things this way.
[Via WiscoDave]
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Seven killed in Brazilian pool hall massacre after losers mocked: video [More]
No worries. Now with Lula in power, look for this to be a catalyst for more citizen disarmament affecting the “law-abiding.”
Just in case anyone was looking forward to a resumption of the good old days…
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In a news conference from Sao Paulo state, Lula accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising by those he termed “fascist fanatics,” and he read a freshly signed decree for the federal government to take control of security in the federal district. “There is no precedent for what they did and these people need to be punished,” Lula said. [More]
Sure there is. It even looks like they’re using the J6 Playbook.
And not to say “I told you so,’ but:
This isn’t over. And we in the Land of the Second Amendment may learn a thing or two before it is… In an editorial comment-laced “news” story rife with loaded terms and leftist-sympathizing sentiment, The Washington Post tells us Jair Bolsonaro has flown to Florida. Don’t be surprised if that’s not enough for the Lula regime.
Tangentially related: It looks like the trade association rope-sellers can’t suck up hard enough and hit the ground running proposing new infringements. [More]
[Via Jess]
