Gunmen have attacked a convoy of trucks carrying uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, police say.
The convoy came under attack as it drove past a community controlled by drug traffickers in Angra dos Reis, a tourist city 145km (90 miles) from Rio.
Police escorting the convoy responded and a shootout followed. No-one was injured or detained.
The convoy reached the Angra 2 plant safely 20 minutes after the attack.
The attack in the Rio-Santos highway is the latest in a series of violent incidents in an area popular with visitors.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47635706
In Brazil, all firearms are required to be registered with the minimum age for gun ownership being 25.[1] It is generally illegal to carry a gun outside a residence, and a special permit granting the right to do so is granted to certain groups, such as law enforcement officers.[2] To legally own a gun, an owner must hold a gun license, which costs R$1000,[2] and pay a fee every three years to register the gun, currently at R$85.[3] Registration can be done online or in person with the Federal Police.[4]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 29 2019, @05:42PM
For a good starter list of the people who want to confiscate guns, you could look here: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/02/foghorn/debunking-the-myth-that-no-one-wants-to-take-your-guns/ [thetruthaboutguns.com] Diane Feinstein leads the list.
Nancy Pelosi hopes the bump stock ban leads to a slippery slope: https://hotair.com/archives/2017/10/05/pelosi-sure-hope-ban-bump-stocks-slippery-slope-gun-control/ [hotair.com]
Politicos from Illinois, California, New York, and Obama's attorney general: http://gunssavelives.net/blog/gun-laws/no-one-wants-to-ban-or-confiscate-guns-huh-these-quotes-from-anti-gun-leaders-say-otherwise/ [gunssavelives.net]
Quotes from Obama, Feinstein, Rahm Emmanuel, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and a select handful of last-generation politicians: https://ammo.com/articles/gun-grabbers-quotes [ammo.com]
We need to be clear that many gun grabbing fools intend to confiscate ALL WEAPONS. They sing a siren's song that almost sounds reasonable, then as soon as you compromise with them, they are clamoring for more, and ever more.
They can grab my gun from my cold, dead fingers - and I hope my corpse pulls the trigger one more time as they yank the gun away.