Brazil Debates Gun Policy and Public Security Reform

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Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: A Datafolha poll found that 46% of Brazilians viewed former President Jair Bolsonaro’s public security policies as better than current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s, while 29% believed the opposite. This sentiment emerged despite a major study, the Atlas da Violência 2025, showing that Brazil recorded 45,747 homicides in 2023, the lowest rate in over a decade.

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