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| National ban on gun sales is overturned |
The Supreme Court of Brazil has overturned a nationwide ban on gun sales decreed earlier this year as part of a government program to curb rising crime rates in Latin America's largest country.
Ruling on an appeal filed by the Liberal Social Party, the court's 11 justices have voted unanimously to overturn a June 21 decree that banned the issuing of gun permits through the end of the year. The decree in effect imposed a nationwide ban on firearm sales, because nobody can buy a gun without a permit.
"Criminals don't buy their weapons in gun stores," Chief Justice Carlos Velloso said, adding that the decree had no impact in curbing crime in the nation where recent statistics say a killing takes place every 13 minutes.
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