| Brazil to hold referendum on gun sales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4662457.stm Quote:
The Brazilian Congress has approved a plan for a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the sale of firearms.
A majority of lawmakers voted in favour of holding the referendum, which is now expected to take place on 23 October.
Campaigners for a ban welcomed the decision. Brazil has the second-highest number of gun-related deaths in the world, outstripping many war zones.
A recent UN report said more than 500,000 people were killed by guns in Brazil between 1979 and 2003.
| Interesting...I guess they have to be seen to be doing something...but with a huge number of guns already in circulation amongst what are obviously criminal elements, I'm not entirely sure what banning gun sales will achieve, in the short term.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
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