Brazil: More Guns, Less Crime

[Cow Poke]

Yes, it's from Red State, so my liberal friends can start hyperventilating....

Brazil: More Guns, Less Crime

On any given day, you might not need a gun. But if you need one, nothing else will do the job. My colleague Jeff Charles, in these virtual pages, has presented many incidents of successful self-defense by legal gun owners, and I’m sure he will chronicle many more such events.

Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years.

About 47,500 people were slain in Latin America’s largest nation in 2022, said a report Thursday by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an independent group that tracks crimes. Its statistics are widely used as a benchmark because there are no official statistics on a national level.

While the number of killings in 2022 was down 2.4% from the previous year, it remained roughly even with levels recorded since 2019. The last time Brazil had less violent deaths was in 2011, with 47,215 killings.

The fall in homicides has left many public security experts somewhat puzzled, as it has been accompanied by a sharp increase in the number of firearms held by Brazilians. Some studies have suggested that more guns circulating among the population lead to more homicides.

During his 2019-2022 term, then President Jair Bolsonaro worked to loosen regulations on gun ownership. The number of firearms registered with the Federal Police reached 1.5 million in 2022, up 47.5% from 2019.

Brazil is still a violent place.

Please feel free to read the rest of the article, or not...

[Diogenes]

Now that the alleged criminal and commie is in, Brazil may see gun restrictions reimplemented.

[rogue06]

Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years.

"Some." Definitely not all.

[Cow Poke]

"Some." Definitely not all.

yes

[rogue06]

Now that the alleged criminal and commie is in, Brazil may see gun restrictions reimplemented.

For the sarcastically impaired the following is said in jest

How did Biden get elected in Brazil?

[Diogenes]

"Some." Definitely not all.

I think you meant "experts".

[tabibito]

Yes, it's from Red State, so my liberal friends can start hyperventilating....

Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years.

Exploding firearms might discourage use.

[rogue06]

Exploding firearms might discourage use.

Giving a whole new meaning to pop guns?

[Starlight]

Such a small sample size (1 country, 1 year) is just not interesting when we have data from all countries, all states, all years that has been extensively studied. Guns have a bad effect on crime, but aren't the factor with the strongest effect size, so in some instances the bad effect they are having is swamped by something else temporarily.

The article might as well say "look guys, I found one country out of hundreds and one year out of decades, where more guns didn't correlate with more deaths". Does the writer want an award for finding the needle in the haystack?

[eider]

Yes, it's from Red State, so my liberal friends can start hyperventilating....

Brazil: More Guns, Less Crime

On any given day, you might not need a gun. But if you need one, nothing else will do the job. My colleague Jeff Charles, in these virtual pages, has presented many incidents of successful self-defense by legal gun owners, and I’m sure he will chronicle many more such events.

Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years.

About 47,500 people were slain in Latin America’s largest nation in 2022, said a report Thursday by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an independent group that tracks crimes. Its statistics are widely used as a benchmark because there are no official statistics on a national level.

While the number of killings in 2022 was down 2.4% from the previous year, it remained roughly even with levels recorded since 2019. The last time Brazil had less violent deaths was in 2011, with 47,215 killings.

The fall in homicides has left many public security experts somewhat puzzled, as it has been accompanied by a sharp increase in the number of firearms held by Brazilians. Some studies have suggested that more guns circulating among the population lead to more homicides.

During his 2019-2022 term, then President Jair Bolsonaro worked to loosen regulations on gun ownership. The number of firearms registered with the Federal Police reached 1.5 million in 2022, up 47.5% from 2019.

Brazil is still a violent place.

Please feel free to read the rest of the article, or not...

Wow!

{BOX}During his 2019-2022 term, then President Jair Bolsonaro worked to loosen regulations on gun ownership. The number of firearms registered with the Federal Police reached 1.5 million in 2022, up 47.5% from 2019.[/BOX]

So many guns! One and a half million! ???????
The USA is reckoned to have over 300 million guns circulating!!!!!.

You'd best tighten up your home safety/security............ and you definitely do need a gun in the USA!

But please do support gun liability insurance for all.

[rogue06]

Such a small sample size (1 country, 1 year) is just not interesting when we have data from all countries, all states, all years that has been extensively studied. Guns have a bad effect on crime, but aren't the factor with the strongest effect size, so in some instances the bad effect they are having is swamped by something else temporarily.

The article might as well say "look guys, I found one country out of hundreds and one year out of decades, where more guns didn't correlate with more deaths". Does the writer want an award for finding the needle in the haystack?

You mean like all of the studies that showed the number of firearms in the U.S. steadily increasing while the amount of gun-related violence was continuing to persistently decrease for nearly three decades up until the Covid lockdowns and the left turning a blind eye to violent crime?

[Cow Poke]

Wow!

{BOX}During his 2019-2022 term, then President Jair Bolsonaro worked to loosen regulations on gun ownership. The number of firearms registered with the Federal Police reached 1.5 million in 2022, up 47.5% from 2019.[/BOX]

So many guns! One and a half million! ???????
The USA is reckoned to have over 300 million guns circulating!!!!!.

You'd best tighten up your home safety/security............ and you definitely do need a gun in the USA!

But please do support gun liability insurance for all.

a) You need the square brackets for the box.
2) Is gun liability insurance your new 'hobbyhorse"?

But thanks for playing.

[eider]

a) You need the square brackets for the box.
2) Is gun liability insurance your new 'hobbyhorse"?

But thanks for playing.

Gun liability insurance has always seemed like common sense to me....... always.

There are many gun accidents in the US each year.

[eider]

The article might as well say "look guys, I found one country out of hundreds and one year out of decades, where more guns didn't correlate with more deaths". Does the writer want an award for finding the needle in the haystack?

Gun nuts cling to such figures, Starlight.
Desperately.

[Cow Poke]

Gun liability insurance has always seemed like common sense to me....... always.

Cool.

There are many gun accidents in the US each year.

I'd rather prevent them than try to pay for them after the fact.