School shooting in Brazil roils gun debate, with politicians echoing NRA talking points

The rare school shooting March 13 in the town of Suzano has heightened the debate in Brazil about the country’s gun laws — and amplified pro-gun politicians’ rhetoric echoing that of the U.S. gun lobby.

It’s part of a campaign promise the new president insists will help fight violent crime and reduce the number of homicides in the country, which approached 64,000 in 2017. In January, he signed anBolsonaro’s actions went against the sentiment of a majority of Brazilians, according to a December poll. Sixty-one percent said the possession of firearms should be prohibited because it represents a threat to the lives of others, according to independent polling firm Datafolha.

President Trump with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, at the White House on March 19, 2019. On the day of the shooting, Sen. Sergio Olimpio Gomes, known as Maj. Olimpio, not only defended the president’s decision to loosen gun ownership laws, but also suggested arming teachers could have prevented the shooting.

“I hope people will think a little bit about the victims of this tragedy and understand that public security is the state's responsibility and not the responsibility of citizens,” he said on the day of the shooting.“Now the debate is no longer just about gun ownership,” he said, noting that arming teachers would become part of the discussion about carrying a concealed weapon. “I think that would lead us to a barbaric proposal for our Brazil, and one that should not move forward.

Research says otherwise. According to a 2018 study by the Institute of Applied Economic Research, or Ipea, for every 1% increase in the number of firearms in circulation, the rate of homicides increases 2%.“A firearm is not an element that brings safety to a home, but one that will propagate insecurity in it and to the wider public,” said Daniel Cerqueira, a researcher at Ipea and council member at the Brazilian Forum on Public Security.

Sounds like some other issues than guns.

Can we just once have a mental health debate?

Those are normal and truthful talking points not just the NRA

If the world wants to ban violence. Then they need to ban democrats...

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