On 13 Mar 2019, Flavio Bessa said the following...  
    
   FB>         As you might have seen on the news, two idiots carrying a .38  
  SPL  
   FB> revolver and a crossbow invaded a high school at the city of Suzano,  
  Sao  
   FB> Paulo, and killed 10 teenagers aged 12-17.  
    
   FB>         In Brazil is extremely difficult to purchase a weapon. It can  
   FB> take months to get a license, you need to prove that you are mentally  
   FB> sane, you need to pass a shooting skills training course, get a permit  
   FB> from the Army (!) and stuff, and yet these things happen.  
    
  If people are determined or driven to kill one or more people. The  
  existence  
  of gun laws regardless of how strict is not going to keep them from  
  obtaining  
  a firearm. I tend to look at a firearm as a tool. By itself, it doesn't hurt  
  or do anything good or bad. It takes a person to decide what the firearm is  
  used for. I personally have no problems with gun laws that prevent gun  
  onwership or possesion by people who A) Haven't been trained in the safe  
  operation of a firearm. B) Violent criminal history. C) History of mental or  
  emotional instability.  
    
    
  Jeff  
    
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