The rare school shooting March 13 in the town of Suzano has heightened the debate in Brazil about the country’s gun laws — and amplified pro-gun politicians’ rhetoric echoing that of the U.S. gun lobby.
The former students, 17 and 25, walked into Raul Brasil public school at 9:30 a.m. during the morning snack break. They’d already killed the younger gunman’s uncle. Their faces were covered with skull masks and they carried the revolver, a crossbow, a bow and arrow and an ax. They killed five teenage students and two school workers before killing themselves.
“If I get there [to the presidency], you, good citizens, will have this in your home,” he says in the video, holding up a TX revolver. “And you, farmers, if it’s up to me, will have this too,” he continues, holding up the T4. It is no accident that Bolsonaro’s rhetoric reflects that of U.S. gun-rights activists — despite the fact that Brazilians do not have the constitutional right to bear arms.on its website where Taurus gun owners can register for a free one-year membership courtesy of the firearms manufacturer.to so many U.S. politicians has long shown interest in Brazil’s pro-gun movement.
“If you had a citizen with a regulated gun inside the school — a teacher, an employee, a retired police officer working there — he could have minimized the tragedy,” Olimpio, the Senate leader of Bolsonaro’s Social Liberal Party, said during a session of the Senate Commission on Constitution and Justice.
But pro-gun activists reject arguments like Maia’s, insisting the shooting in Suzano should not weigh on the decision to loosen carry laws.
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