(AP Photo/Silvia izquierdo) Remember when Joe Biden told Americans that they didn’t need a modern sporting rifle for self-defense, and they should just get a double-barreled shotgun instead? Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has issued his own advice for Brazilians concerned about violent crime, and he’s taking a position diametrically opposed to Biden’s own stance. Everyone in Brazil should buy a rifle, the country’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has said. He also said on Friday that those who oppose guns should stop nagging gun buyers. The president has already relaxed gun laws to allow more Brazilians to own firearms for self-defence, citing an increase in homicides. Brazil has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the world, and one of the highest homicide rates on the planet to go along with the restrictions on the ability to keep and bear arms. Until Bolsonaro was elected in 2018, there […]
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