Brazil removes taxes on imported guns
A Brazilian woman mimics a gun with her hands during a demonstration in Brasilia, May 9, 2020. AP - Eraldo Peres
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The Brazilian president has decided to eliminate import taxes on firearms.
This is an old campaign promise that Jair Bolsonaro has just made in the midst of a pandemic.
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With our correspondent in Sao Paulo,
Martin Bernard
Starting January 1, gun enthusiasts will pay less to buy guns made outside of Brazil.
The government has in fact just eliminated customs duties for the purchase of revolvers.
The foreign trade chamber has just officially decided to reduce the import tax currently in force from 20% to zero.
On social networks, this decision announced Wednesday was illustrated by a photo of Jair Bolsonaro in a shooting range.
The far-right president has always been in favor of self-defense and has already taken
several steps to facilitate access to firearms
.
- A CAMEX edit or resolução zerando a Alíquota do Imposto de Importação de Armas (revólveres e pistolas).
- A medida entra em vigor no dia 1º de janeiro de 2021. pic.twitter.com/ly0YVSb1uM
- Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) December 9, 2020
More and more weapons in circulation
Taurus, the main manufacturer of firearms in Brazil, criticized this measure which will encourage the importation of foreign weapons.
Since the start of the year, the number of weapons identified with the authorities has already increased by 60% compared to 2019, the first year of Jair Bolsonaro's mandate.
Violence has also claimed more lives: more than 25,000 people were murdered in the first half of the year.
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