AZBRA EXTRA 29 DEC 2018
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computer "translation" of O Globo article.
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Jair Bolsonaro says that he will facilitate purchase of firearms for citizens
Photo: AP
By: AP | 12/29/2018 8:57
https://www.elimparcial.com/Internacional/2018/12/29/1397933-Jair-Bolsonaro-dice-que-facilitara-compra-de-armas-de-fuego-a-los-ciudadanos.html
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)
Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that when he takes office, he will issue a decree that will guarantee citizens without a criminal record the possibility of possessing firearms.
Bolsonaro made the announcement through Twitter. The flexibilization of firearms laws was a central component of his electoral campaign. The former army captain takes office on January 1.
Currently, the possession of firearms is very restricted in Brazil.
Civilians must go through a long process of verification and the sale of arms is limited to small calibers.
Despite the difficulty of legally possessing a firearm, violence with firearms is a problem in Brazil.
In 2017, Brazil established a record of homicides with just over 63,000 people dead.
In a referendum held in 2005, Brazilians were asked if the sale of firearms should be prohibited.
Almost 64% of the population voted against the initiative.
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Bolsonaro plans decree to extend gun ownership in Brazil
On Twitter, he said that the right to have a gun at home would be guaranteed to citizens without a criminal record
Jailton Carvalho and Renata Mariz
12/29/2018 - 12:13 / Updated 12/29/2018 - 2:18 PM
https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/bolsonaro-plan-decreto-para-ampliar-posse-de-arma-no-brasil-23335006
The president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, will take office on January 1 Photo: Jorge William / Agência O Globo
RIO - President-elect Jair Bolsonaro plans to issue a decree to facilitate gun ownership in the country. On Twitter, Bolsonaro said he wants to guarantee possession of weapons to those without a criminal record. The transition team is already preparing the decree, which is practically ready and can be edited at any time, depending on the decision of Bolsonaro, according to one of the authors of the text.
"By decree we intend to guarantee the possession of firearms for the citizen without criminal records, as well as make their registration definitive," the president wrote in the social network.
According to the auxiliary, the idea of the decree is "to flexibilize (the rules) in the possible thing within the law" to extend the cases in which the possession of weapon is allowed. The explanation is that the generalization of the possession of arms for those who do not have legal pending is a promise of campaign. So there would be no surprises in the president-elect's announcement. The measure would meet a request from a part of the population that would feel safer with the possibility of having a weapon.
"If it's a campaign promise, he has to comply," said one of Bolsonaro's aides.
The decree must also make "definitive" the registration of the weapon, which today must be renewed every five years. The proposed change may mean that, once the possession of a weapon is obtained, it will no longer be necessary to periodically present the required proofs, such as technical ability, psychological aptitude and criminal record.
Another source, also from the president-elect's team, said the decree will not be edited on the first day of government. The edition of the measure will depend on the opinions of the ministries with interest in the matter.
Bolsonaro is expected to sign a decree only after hearing the ministries of Justice and Defense. The two portfolios are responsible for the control and oversight of the trade and use of firearms in the country.
The technical area of the transitional government is still studying a new model to make the firearms register "final". At least three hypotheses are under analysis. One is to extend the renewal term, which is now five years. Another is simply to end with renewal requirement. The third would be to require the renewal only of persons who, after registration, become involved in any criminal occurrence.
Possession is different from carrying weapons. Under the law, possession is the authorization to keep the gun only inside the home or at the owner's workplace, as long as you are the legal guardian of the property. Porting, in turn, assumes that the firearm is outside of the residence or place of work, and is prohibited, except for members of the Armed Forces, police, guards, prison guards and private security companies, among others.
The Disarmament Statute foresees requirements for the civilian to acquire a firearm - such as not having a criminal record, not responding to a police investigation or prosecution, proving technical capacity and psychological aptitude. It also determines that it is necessary to "declare the actual need". The same requirement is set out in the decree, issued in 2004, which regulates the statute.
Today, the Federal Police makes an analysis to verify if the interested party has in fact need to have the gun. Proponents of the dismantling of the Disarmament Statute have always complained of a supposedly skewed PF position of denying the claims on the grounds that the "actual need" would not be proven.
The idea is to withdraw this power of analysis from the FP, making clear that it is enough for the interested party to meet the objective criteria of documentation to be entitled to possession of a weapon.
It will not be the first time gun control rules have been modified by presidential decree. President Michel Temer made a series of changes, based on decrees and ordinances, in the regulation of the Disarmament Statute. He extended the validity of possession of firearm from three to five years. By means of the decree, the measure does not have to be discussed by Congress and begins to apply after publication in the Official Gazette.
In another comment on Twitter, Bolsonaro says that deadlines and scope of the new measures will be discussed within the Executive, but that other actions will go through Congress.
"The temporal expansion will be of intermediation of the executive, however other forms of improvement also depend on the National Congress, being the involvement of all interested parties," he wrote.
Today, the Federal Police makes an analysis to verify if the interested party has in fact need to have the gun. Proponents of the dismantling of the Disarmament Statute have always complained of a supposedly skewed PF position of denying the claims on the grounds that the "actual need" would not be proven.
The idea is to withdraw this power of analysis from the FP, making clear that it is enough for the interested party to meet the objective criteria of documentation to be entitled to possession of a weapon.
It will not be the first time gun control rules have been modified by presidential decree. President Michel Temer made a series of changes, based on decrees and ordinances, in the regulation of the Disarmament Statute. He extended the validity of possession of firearm from three to five years. By means of the decree, the measure does not have to be discussed by Congress and begins to apply after publication in the Official Gazette.
In another comment on Twitter, Bolsonaro says that deadlines and scope of the new measures will be discussed within the Executive, but that other actions will go through Congress.
"The temporal expansion will be of intermediation of the executive, however other forms of improvement also depend on the National Congress, being the involvement of all interested parties," he wrote.
PUBLICITY
Flexibilization of possession of weapons and other measures contrary to the Disarmament Statute is a long-standing claim of the bullet.
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