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Brazil's Lula government to ban or tax guns, says aide

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with members of the government transition team in Brasilia, Brazil, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's government-elect of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will revoke decrees made by President Jair Bolsonaro that have eased access to firearms and is considering banning or taxing guns when it takes office in January, a senior Lula aide said on Wednesday.

Senator-elect Flavio Dino, who leads Lula's transition team for public safety and justice, said the next government will reverse a series of Bolsonaro's executive orders that have weakened gun restrictions and caused a sharp increase in the number of gun owners in the country.

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