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INSIDECOSTARICA.COM |  LATIN AMERICA NEWS BRIEFS |    Friday 15 April 2011

Support in Brazil for Referendum on Gun Sales Ban

Brasilia - While it faces some opposition, a proposal to hold a referendum on banning gun sales is gaining more supporters in Brazil after a school massacre in Rio de Janeiro left 12 students dead.

A week ago, a 23-year-old gunman broke into Rio de Janeiro's Tasso da Silveira Municipal School in Realengo, killed 12 students, and injured more than 15. The young man killed himself after a policeman injured him.

After the tragedy, and as Congress was debating a draft law to increase the sale of guns and ammunition in the country, Federal Senate president Jose Sarney proposed holding a referendum like the one held in 2005.

Sarney told reporters the idea is for leaders of the different political parties represented in the Senate to discuss the possibility of passing a law to ban gun sales in Brazil.
 

 

 

 
 
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