Members mvan1 Posted October 30, 2018 Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 Does anyone recall the incident last May when an off-duty Brazilian female cop shot and killed a robber on the street in Sao Paulo? The incident was filmed by someone on a cell phone. The video went viral and was seen on countless Brazilian broadcast television stations. Anyway, the female cop is now elevated to a high political position within the Brazilian Congress she just won. If you read her interview in the below linked article, what she has to say is quite disturbing. She wants ordinary citizens to be able to carry guns. The new president of Brazil, Bolsonaro, also wants ordinary citizens to be allowed to carry guns. Brazil will be like the days of the American cowboys when everyone carried a gun. That cannot be a good thing because it will mean that more guns are in the population and with more guns, there will be more violence in Brazil. Tourism could be negatively affected. Can anyone imagine how it would feel to realize that you are in a restaurant or walking on the street or even in a sauna and there are "ordinary" citizens who carry guns to those places? Yikes! For those who visit Brazil and particularly Sao Paulo, the below linked article might be of interest. The article also might make you rethink visiting Brazil if she and Bolsonaro have their way and ordinary citizens are allowed to carry guns. Here is the article: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/3-gunshots-on-robber-a-viral-video-turn-brazilian-cop-katia-sastre-into-politician-1937460?ndtv_related Maybe it is time to explore other cities in Brazil where guns will not be on the menu for anyone with a desire to carry one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcal Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 There are states here where citizens can carry concealed weapons! Latbear4blk and mvan1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mvan1 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Tomcal said: There are states here where citizens can carry concealed weapons! I realize there are States in the U.S. that allow citizens to walk around carrying a loaded gun. However, in the U.S. there are not more than 60,000 murders reported each year as there is in Brazil. With the new Brazilian government taking charge in January, there will be many changes for its residents. Hopefully, the new regime will get Brazil back on its economic feet again and get the crime rate in check. I doubt that allowing ordinary citizens to freely carry guns in public places will add to the economy or to less homicides. Tomcal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RA1 Posted October 30, 2018 Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 In the US old west not everyone carried a gun. That is a movie version of the time. Ranchers and farmers no doubt had a long gun to protect them from natural or un-natural predators and also to hunt for food. Ordinary folks did not go to town with a six shooter strapped to their waist. Usually only the law and perhaps the lawless did so. Kool-Aid coming up. I believe that the cities with strict laws against guns have the highest crime and murder rates. Sorry to say. Best regards, RA1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridarob Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 12 hours ago, RA1 said: Kool-Aid coming up. I believe that the cities with strict laws against guns have the highest crime and murder rates. Sorry to say. Best regards, RA1 I'd disagree and Google seems to point that way too..... you have to keep in mind when people say Chicago has the highest gun murder rate, and the toughest gun laws (it's 25th in gun murders and 6th in toughest laws)...but you have to keep in mind , where do the guns come from? Neighboring states that have lax gun laws. SolaceSoul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
