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Weekly Report - 29 August 2024 (WR-24-34)
BRAZIL: Licensed guns falling into hands of gangs, study finds
Public security think tank and NGO Instituto Sou da Paz (ISP) released a report on 26 August indicating that, from 2016-2023, the arsenals of organised crime groups have been filled with more and more firearms and ammunition legally registered under CAC licences for gun collectors, sport shooters, and hunters. ISP’s latest study attributes this phenomenon to the pro-gun policies of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023). His successor, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has sought to redress this legacy, but conservative forces in congress have made progress in their efforts to challenge Lula’s gun control measures.
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