Tag: guns

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 12:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro in favour of the right to bear arms

  

  Brazil's President elect Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to push for a change in the current legislation which requires people to justify their need to carry a weapon in order to be given the mandatory license.

• Thursday, March 1st 2018 - 09:46 UTC

  Two major US retailers announce restrictions on gun sales; Trump tells lawmakers they are petrified of NRA

  

  Two major US retailers have announced new restrictions on gun sales following the shooting at a Florida school where 17 people died. Dick's Sporting Goods, which has more than 600 shops, said it would no longer sell assault-style rifles, and backed “common sense gun reform”. Walmart later said it was raising the minimum age for anyone buying guns or ammunition to 21 years.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:06 UTC

  Arms sales down in Chile but the wealthy guard their homes with guns

  

  The number of gun owners has decreased over the past year in Chile from 5.3% to 4.9%. Yet one economic sector—the wealthiest Chileans from the socioeconomic level ABC1—continue to buy firearms at an escalating rate.