[FairOpinion]

Colossal stupidity.

[RockinRight]

Brazil has the highest number of gun deaths in the world, with 36,091 people shot and killed last year, according to government figures.

But...but...the left always tells us WE do!

[The Red Zone]

"I'm sick and tired of guns, we see them or hear them every day. I made up my mind and will vote to ban them," the 54-year-old street sweeper said, crumpling a leaflet warning of the dangers of disarmament by showing Hitler giving a Nazi salute. "I don't know who's this guy anyway."

She's going to get even sicker of the consequences of trying to ban them.

[The Red Zone]

"I'm sick and tired of guns, we see them or hear them every day. I made up my mind and will vote to ban them," the 54-year-old street sweeper said, crumpling a leaflet warning of the dangers of disarmament by showing Hitler giving a Nazi salute. "I don't know who's this guy anyway."

Oh, and how does a referendum get started by a street sweeper? Do they have anyone smarter there?

[VeniVidiVici]

Sounds like a good reason not to buy a Taurus.

I had one once. Good shooter but poorly made. After one shot I felt something hit me in the face.

It was the hammer. It broke in half and the part that broke off flew up and hit me.

[muawiyah]

A Nazi take over in Brazil is not a fictional possibility. They'd previously had fascist government under the dictator named Vargas (much like Argentina's Peron). They could have it again.

This Lula guy would probably like to impose it himself but he's been distracted a bit by the opportunity to do a bit of looting of the national treasury!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Brazil's gun control laws, which were tightened in Dec. 2003, are already very strict. They require psychological and gun-handling tests, a clean criminal record and high registration fees that are too costly for many Brazilians.

Law-abiding Brazilians should disregard these requirements and buy their firearms discreetly. Rather be judged by 12...

[Zeppo]

Over 120 million people are expected to vote on the bill in Brazil, where voting is compulsory.

In other words, if you violate the law by not voting, then government men with guns will come and get you?

[Boundless]

> Even the government is divided.
> ...
> Almost 60 percent of an estimated 17 million guns
> in Brazil were obtained illegally, ...

Here's a hint for the undecided:
People who comply with firearms laws are not the problem.

[ConservativeChinese]

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the 54-year-old street sweeper said, crumpling a leaflet warning of the dangers of disarmament by showing Hitler giving a Nazi salute. "I don't know who's this guy anyway."

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This is goooood. An idiot who doesn't even know who Hitler was.

[umgud]

There's lots of gun makers in Brazil, Taurus the biggest. This will be a huge hit against their balance sheets (if they survive).

[Travis McGee]

Great article and comments following, about the state of socialist "land reform" in Brazil.

http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/9276/

[Ostlandr]

There are stupid people everywhere.

We have people in this country who honestly believe that you can slow down traffic on a road just by lowering the speed limit from 40 to 35.

They believed you could stop the production and consumption of alcohol just by passing a law.

They believed you could stop the importation and sale of drugs just by passing a law.

There are people today who believe that you can change a person's heart just by forcing them to bow down before the god of your choosing.

There are people who believe you can prevent randy teenagers from having sex simply by never talking about it except to say it's dirty, evil and wrong.

So why are we surprised that these sheep can be conned by propaganda into thinking that a new law will magically make all the bad guns go away?

"Now there's no more Oak oppression,
for they've passed a noble law
and the trees are all kept equal
with Hatchet, Axe and Saw."

[William Tell]

From the article: "If Latin America's largest country votes in favor of the ban, all sales of guns and ammunition to civilians will be halted,..."

Wow. Imagine having to stockpile your entire lifetime's worth of ammunition. If that happened here I would have to buy some more. Maybe not much more. I would definitely need a more secure place to store it.

I bet they would close the firing ranges too. I would have to find somewhere else to fire. Let me see ...

[Caipirabob]

Ai, Meu Brasil...

The hardest lessons are written in the blood of innocents.

[eimf]

I'm Brazilian and I will vote NO to the prohibition. Lula wants create a communist government in Brazil, he is the best friend of the Chavez and Fidel Castro. Disarmament is the first way to create a tirany.