12 children are dead after a crazed fuckwit went through a Brazilian school. Of course like most of these lunatics this pussy offed himself as soon as opposition showed up. This demonstrates two other reasons I’m such a proponent of carry laws and against so-called gun-free zones; these shootings always happen in gun free zones and the shooter almost always offs himself the second he meets any form of resistance. If school faculty were allowed to carry while at work they could present this resistance sooner than the police could arrive which would likely cause the shooter to off himself earlier on thus potentially saving lives.
I’m sure this event will be used by the anti-gunners in Brazil to further restrict what can and can’t be owned by the mere serfs but after looking up Brazil’s gun laws I have to say they’re not as bad as expected but certainly are restrictive.
All firearms must be registered, a person must be 25 years-old before purchasing a firearm, and in order to keep a firearm you must pay a registration tax every three years. I’ll also mentioned the scumbag shooter broke Brazilian law as it is apparently almost impossible to get a carry permit there. I also found it interesting that there was a referendum in 2005 to ban all civilian firearm and ammunition sales in Brazil. It failed but the following got my attention:
The ban also had the backing of the federal government (which wanted a government monopoly on gun possession), the Roman Catholic Church, and Rede Globo. The anti-gun lobby received vast support and free coverage from the press.
It would seem that the Brazilian government is in favor of disarming the serfs and was willing to give anti-gunners free coverage in order to accomplish it’s goal of disarming the public. I’m not at all shocked by this though.
Another thing that is interesting about this story are the weapons chosen by the scumbag shooter:
At least 12 others were wounded when the man entered the school with two revolvers and began shooting.
It would seem a ban on standard capacity magazines wouldn’t have done jack shit here. I’m not at all surprised.
Worth mentioning is the fact that police were randomly in the area. Only by sheer luck were they able to respond as quickly as they were. I would conjecture the body count would have been much higher had they not already been on the scene. +1 on pistol capacity not making a whit of difference; YouTubing Jerry Miculek videos will attest to just how “slow” revolvers are to reload.
I didn’t realize that but it certainly is an important thing to note. Police response time is tied to how far away an available unit is and in the United States the average time is something around 11 minutes (last time I checked the stat). That’s 11 minutes where you’re on your own.