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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on January 07, 2019, 09:35:39 AM

Title: Brazil to Relax Gun Restrictions
Post by: Ben on January 07, 2019, 09:35:39 AM

This should be an interesting model to watch. I suppose part of it will be how Brazil treats people who defend themselves with a firearm.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazil-to-combat-crime-by-loosening-gun-control

Title: Re: Brazil to Relax Gun Restrictions
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 07, 2019, 07:10:12 PM

Quote from: Ben on January 07, 2019, 09:35:39 AM

This should be an interesting model to watch.

After everyone dies, they're going to roll back net neutrality.

Title: Re: Brazil to Relax Gun Restrictions
Post by: MikeB on January 08, 2019, 09:54:15 AM

Unfortunately I would not be surprised if they end up with more issues in the short term and reversing the decision. I could be wrong, but it would not surprise me if you suddenly introduce a lot of firearms into a situation where the general public have little experience with firearms that there will be initial problems. Over time I would expect the crime rate to drop, but will they have the patience to run the experiment for a number of years or reverse it within the first year and we won’t really know if it worked or not.