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How Brazil's New President Will Prove, Yet Again, That Gun Control Is Harmful
Townhall ^ | January 4, 2019 | John R. Lott, Jr.

Posted on 01/06/2019 1:21:59 PM PST by rogerantone1

Brazil’s strict gun control laws have failed. The country's annual homicide rate now stands at 31 per 100,000 people—almost six times higher than the US rate. Despite bolstering of law enforcement after Brazil’s disarmament legislation took effect in 2003, the country's homicide rate is higher now than in 2002. The true rate is undoubtedly even worse as government figures have in the past systematically undercounted homicides by about 15 percent and that gap appears to increase over time.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; bolsonaro; brazil; cprc

1 posted on 01/06/2019 1:21:59 PM PST by rogerantone1
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For more commentary:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3717345/posts


2 posted on 01/06/2019 1:24:58 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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How puzzing and shameful it would be if Brazil soon proves more SCIENTIFIC than the USA.


3 posted on 01/06/2019 1:37:08 PM PST by gaijin
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"Oh. You're that GUN GUY..."

(What Obama said to Lott when he met him at U of Chicago)

4 posted on 01/06/2019 1:38:28 PM PST by gaijin
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Does this mean the Brazilian youtube videos of “off duty cop kills gunman” will change to “shopkeeper kills gunman”?


5 posted on 01/06/2019 1:47:47 PM PST by Rebelbase
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