The Liberal Gun Club Forum

"We are not talking about violence that is committed in the rich neighborhoods in the rich part of town," Marques says. "We are talking about crime that is organized crime, almost always related to drug trafficking."

He says more guns will simply mean more black deaths. But instead of trying to address that problem, legislators are intent on further arming the population.

beaurrr wrote:I remember seeing a headline a few months ago....something about Brazil seeking to pattern their gun laws after American gun laws.

Interesting; I've been to Brazil and quickly realized how different they are from the rest of Latin America. Too bad this is about crime instead of liberty.

Bacchus wrote:I thought this was interesting:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2 ... x-gun-laws

I'm not sure how well Brazil is addressing root cause issues of their homicide rate, but one answer seems to be to allow more of the public to arm and defend themselves.

One who disagrees:

"We are not talking about violence that is committed in the rich neighborhoods in the rich part of town," Marques says. "We are talking about crime that is organized crime, almost always related to drug trafficking."

He says more guns will simply mean more black deaths. But instead of trying to address that problem, legislators are intent on further arming the population.

Wino wrote:I suspect it will get much worse before it gets better, since the Brazilian economy is in super deep doo doo and getting worse by the hour.