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The IANSA member groups Instituto Sou da Paz and Viva Rio [7] campaigned for a complete ban on civilian gun sales in Brazil, in support of the referendum. [8] A week before the vote, IANSA, an international gun control organization coordinated an international day of support for the Brazilian ban, with demonstrations taking place in Britain, Italy, South Africa, and other countries.
In 2005, a large majority of Brazil's population voted against banning the sale of guns and ammunition to civilians in a referendum. [1] Executive Order No. 5.123, of 1 July 2004 [10] allowed the Federal Police to confiscate firearms which are not possessed for a valid reason; self-defense was not considered a valid argument.
1963 Brazilian constitutional referendum; 1993 Brazilian constitutional referendum; 2005 Brazilian firearms and ammunition referendum; 2010 Acre time zone referendum; 2011 Pará state division plebiscite
A second referendum, as ordered by the Federal Constitution of 1988, was held on April 21, 1993, when the voters voted for a republican form of government and reaffirmed the presidential system. A third national referendum, on the prohibition of the commerce of personal firearms and ammunition, was held on October 23, 2005. The ban proposal was ...
Bill 3722 of 2012 [9] authored by federal deputy Rogério Mendonça (PMDB-SC) intends to change the "Disarmament Statute " for the "Good Citizen", making the legislation adequate to the result of the 2005 Referendum. Currently, in Brazil, the possession of firearms is only allowed for people over the age of 25, with a clean record in the police ...
The Defense Institute has also been promoting political actions and has been advocating since 2011 the commercialization of firearms without barriers imposed by the State. [ 7 ] On 15 October 2020, the Defense Institute , in partnership with the shooting club "Tactical Shoot", promoted the 1st SHOOTING OPEN TOURNAMENT, in the city of Botucatu ...
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The Constitution is also responsible for creating a slow judicial system. Brazil has the 30th slowest judiciary among 133 countries, according to the World Bank. This has caused the judiciary to use provisional arrests as an advance of the sentence. In 2015, more than 40% of prisoners in Brazil were provisional. [14] [15] [16] [17]