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Brazil judge halts parts of Bolsonaro's

decrees to relax gun laws

BRASÍLIA : A judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on

Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President

Jair Bolsonaro relaxing the country's gun control laws.

Bolsonaro issued the decrees on February 12, and they were

to go into effect Tuesday. Justice Rosa Weber's decision

regarding the decrees will be analyzed by the plenary of the

court from Friday, along with other appeals filed by multiple

groups against the right-wing president's arms policy.

Among other changes, Weber eliminated a section that

increased the number of firearms Brazilian civilians can own

from four to six. The section also would have allowed police

and other security agents to own six to eight guns.

She also removed a section that authorized people to carry up

to two guns in public, instead of one, and another part that

increased the amount of ammunition that hunters and sport

shooters can buy, as well as a section that allowed shooting

organizations and schools to purchase unlimited ammunition.

There is "unequivocal correlation between the facilitation of

the population's access to firearms and the diversion of these

products to criminal organizations, militias and criminals in

general, through robberies or clandestine trade, increasing

even more the general indexes of patrimonial crimes, violent

crimes and homicides," the justice wrote.

Bolsonaro, a former army captain, is an outspoken gunrights

advocate who regularly posts pictures on social media of

himself at the shooting range.

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