Brazil gun deaths down after disarmament campaign

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Brazil gun deaths down after disarmament campaign

By Andrei Khalip Fri Sep 2, 3:50 PM ET

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A government disarmament campaign
has helped cut gun deaths in Brazil, which has the worst record in the
world for such killings, for the first time in 13 years, the Health
Ministry said on Friday.

The report was released seven weeks before a referendum on banning
guns and arms sales in Latin America's largest country, which is
gripped by rampant crime.

It said gun deaths fell by more than 8 percent to 36,091 in 2004
compared with the previous year.

The report said more than 443,700 guns were collected in a disarmament
campaign launched in mid-2004, in which the government pays
compensation to people who hand in weapons with no questions asked,
and this had helped cut the death total.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050902/wl_nm/brazil_guns_dc

[applegrove]

1. This is why GOP tries so hard to get their followers to hate all

outsiders. Because there are 200 countries in the world and they will do great policy and word will get out. Why Americans have to be kept stupid. Look for attacks on the President of Brazil to come.