Brazil's leftist gov't moves to take guns back after surge in purchases under Bolsonaro

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It’s time to put down your weapons, weapons that should never have been wielded," the newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said after narrowly winning the contentious and disputed election in October. "Guns kill and we choose life."

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Guns that may very well be used to overturn his government. Public safety is, at best, a secondary concern.

Fox News

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April, Lula plans to pass a presidential decree that will require gun owners to turn over any guns that exceed the three-per-person rule or be subject to arrest.

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Any gun that is not declared will be considered an illegal weapon…they’ll be committing a crime," Brazil’s justice minister, Flávio Dino, told the Wall Street Journal.

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1.6 million of the 3 million registered guns in Brazil were purchased during the Bolsonaro era, WSJ reported.

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Lula’s Workers’ Party has used the United States to bolster its own position on guns by running campaign ads highlighting school shootings there and asking, "Is this what you want for Brazil?"

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Why can't Socialists or Communists rule without taking everyone's guns?