Brazil Gun Decree Scrapped by Bolsonaro Amid Congress Pushback
- Government to submit new gun bill, lower house speaker says
- Senate had overturned decree in blow to Bolsonaro’s plans
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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro decided to withdraw a decree easing gun ownership rules amid lawmaker opposition to one of his central campaign pledges.
The administration will replace the gun decree that facilitates registration, ownership and marketing of firearms with a legislative bill, lower house Speaker Rodrigo Maia told reporters in Brasilia on Tuesday. Policy makers reached the decision days after the Senate backed legislation annulling the presidential order, a move that was likely to be followed by the lower house.