GUNS

Brazilian Government sets 60-day deadline to register all weapons

Published on: February 2, 2023
00:30

Brasilia, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Ministry of Justice on Wednesday set a 60-day deadline so that the owners of licensed or restricted-use weapons can register those war devices in a method administered by the Federal Police (PF).

US activists protest against using war as business

Published on: March 21, 2022
17:06

Washington, March 21 (Prensa Latina) A group of US activists on Monday protested in front of the Raytheon Technologies weapon company in Cambridge, Mass., opposing the use of war as a business and calling for a halt to all war conflicts and the arms industry to quit benefiting from deaths in nations such as Yemen, Palestine and Ukraine.

Kids shot, killed in 2021 could set gun violence record

Published on: January 12, 2022
19:40

Washington, Jan 12 (Prensa Latina) The gun violence epidemic in the United States kills more children than ever before, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Bolsonaro invites everyone in Brazil to buy a rifle

Published on: August 27, 2021
11:02

Brasilia, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Without considering the consequences, President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday encouraged everyone in Brazil to buy a rifle, in a meeting with supporters outside the Alvorada Palace, the official residence.

US Supreme Court to hear case on carrying guns in public

Published on: April 27, 2021
13:49

Washington, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The US Supreme Court said on Monday that it would review a longstanding New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside home, setting the stage for its first major Second Amendment decision in more than a decade, and the first to be ruled by the court's newly expanded conservative majority.

Biden to unveil executive actions to curb gun violence

Published on: April 8, 2021
08:51

Washington, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden will unveil measures this Thursday aimed at curbing rampant US gun violence, especially seeking to prevent the spread of untraceable ghost guns, White House officials said.

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