Brazil's Congress Gears Up to Deliver on Bolsonaro's Gun Promise
- Far-right candidate wants to revise disarmament statute
- Arms bill needs just a simple majority to pass in Congress
A woman handles a pistol at a gun store in Sao Paulo.
Photographer: Miguel Schincariol/AFP via Getty images
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With former Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro on the cusp of winning Brazil’s presidency, his allies in Congress plan to deliver on his campaign promise to ease the country’s restrictive gun laws as early as this year.
Gun ownership is one of the flagship campaign pledges of the former paratrooper, who regularly greets his fans by cocking his hands in a gun-shaped salute. Way ahead of his rival Fernando Haddad in opinion polls, Bolsonaro is on course to be elected Brazil’s next president on Oct. 28.