Tag: weapons

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  The transnational investigation behind Argentina's largest seizure of weapons

  

  After months of joint investigations with the United States, Argentina last week made the largest weapons seizure in the country’s history. Details of the bust and transnational investigation are coming to light sparked by a couple of packages that caught the attention of customs officers in Miami last October.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Brazil Senate overturns Bolsonaro's decree allowing arms for self defense

  

  Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday overturned a decree signed last month by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that drastically expanded the number of people allowed to carry weapons in public.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro signs decree making it easier to own, carry and import weapons

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Tuesday making it easier for gun enthusiasts to own, carry and import weapons in one of the world's deadliest countries. Beaming members of Congress and industry lobbyists clapped and made pistol signs with their hands as the ex-army captain relaxed rules that critics fear could pave the way for the carrying of weapons in the streets.

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Weapons makers encouraged with the Brazilian market by pro-gun Bolsonaro

  

  With its high murder rate and huge armed forces, Brazil has long been in the cross-hairs of foreign weapons makers. Now they have a powerful champion: pro-gun President Jair Bolsonaro. The right-wing former army captain, who relaxed gun ownership laws soon after taking power in January, has raised hopes among foreign firms that his next move will be easing investment restrictions on Brazil's 200 billion reais (US$55 billion) defense sector.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2016 - 08:07 UTC

  US Senate fails to pass bill to tighten gun controls; the vote was along party lines

  

  The US Senate has rejected plans to tighten gun controls, including the restriction of weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists. Four proposals were brought before the Senate after 49 people died in an attack on a gay nightclub in Florida.

• Monday, March 14th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  India becomes world’s top weapons importer; US largest exporter, says SIPRI

  

  India replaced China as the world’s top weapons importer, according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, as it aims to modernize its armed forces and project power through the region.