Brazil’s Lula says easing gun access is not on his agenda, education is

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday mentioned that if elected he won’t subject new decrees aimed toward additional easing using weapons within the nation and as an alternative referred to as for measures to strengthen training.

“There will likely be no gun decrees on this nation. There will likely be e-book decrees. There will likely be decrees to strengthen training,” he mentioned at a gathering with home employees in Sao Paulo.

The previous president and present front-runner for the Oct 2. election mentioned that some consider that the liberating up of gun gross sales is a optimistic change, however mentioned that it’ll enable criminals to get their arms on them extra simply and can now not must steal weapons from the police.

“They’re shopping for new, zero-kilometre, discounted and legalized weapons,” he mentioned. “I’m 76 years outdated and by no means had any curiosity in proudly owning a gun. I place confidence in God and in my very own habits.”

With the difficulty of a number of decrees making weapons extra versatile, right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has aggressively used the topic as one in all his primary authorities showcases and likewise throughout his reelection marketing campaign.

Among the decrees he has issued have been questioned by Brazil’s Supreme Court docket.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Steven Grattan; Modifying by Mark Porter)