Between 2018 and 2022, decrees that made buying easier nearly tripled the number of guns held by collectors, sport shooters and hunters (CACs). The more guns in circulation, the greater the risk of deaths and of diversion to crime.
Far right
It made the news
Not opinion: the press recorded it. Stories showing what the far right did or tried to do on this issue.
- Mais de um milhão de armas entraram em circulação durante governo BolsonaroBolsonaro's decrees put over one million guns into circulation.Read the story
- Número de armas nas mãos de caçadores e atiradores chega a 1 milhão no BrasilCAC guns went from 350,683 in 2018 to 1,006,725 in 2022.Read the story
- Número de armas registradas por CACs cresce 287% desde 2018 e ultrapassa 1 milhãoThe CAC arsenal surpassed 1 million guns, up 287% since 2018.Read the story
Sources
Where the data on this page comes from.
- Agência Brasil
The Supreme Court upholds Lula's decrees; CAC guns jumped from 350,000 to over 1 million between 2018 and 2022.
- Agência Brasil
Mandatory re-registration of private guns in 2023.