Originally Posted By: Arkh
Wait, I thought the brazilian government banned weapons like 10 or 12 years ago. Am I wrong?


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1.The art. The sixth. Law 10.826/03 provides that the carrying of firearms is prohibited in all national territory, except in exceptional cases. Therefore, the Federal Police may exceptionally be grant to a person the possession and the right of carry it provided that the applicant demonstrates the need for its effective exercise of professional activity risk or threat to physical integrity, and meet the other requirements of Art. 10 of Law 10.826/03.


the sale and possession of a weapon is allowed, a person must keep it at home, besides having to register it at the time of purchase. According to Article 5 of the Disarmament Statute, a person is entitled to keep the weapon only at his home, and it does not allow carry it, only with permission of federal policy if there is a case of necessity.

Last edited by Mithus; 10/14/11 10:32 AM.
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