[grolimpio]

I don't think so, what they are trying to show is quite the opposite, mass shooting in Brazil is rare, and that's manly because individuals that are likely to commit this kind of crime wouldn't easily get a gun like an AR-15, access to this kind of guns without a tough background check is insane even for countries like Brazil. General crimes (non mass shooting) involving handguns are common though, because it's easy for criminals to get illegal handguns. The latest is not fault of gun control policies, but a very corrupted system.

[masonic]

  mass shooting in Brazil is rare

Murder rate in Brazil is 440% of US rate.

Violent crime intentional homicide rate is 600% of US rate.

etc.

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Brazil/Unit...

  General crimes (non mass shooting) involving handguns are common though

It's far easier to a mass public shooting with handguns than with long guns.

[grolimpio]

Yes, murder rate in Brazil is far higher than any other developed country, and this is not related to firearms selling policy. Trying to link firearms selling policy to the crime level in Brazil is misleading and irresponsible, as the issues are further down and start with inequality and lack of proper education.

Violent crimes over there (Brazil) and homicide rates are quite high, not only because innocent people are killed every day, but also because of the war between drug gangs/cartels, so we're also talking about criminals killing each other.

And sorry, I gave the impression that only long guns were used to mass shooting, if anyone look at the history of mass shooting in Brazil, they will see that handguns were used on the latest big one.

[donw]

You do know that one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history -- Virginia Tech -- was done entirely with handguns, right?

Against soft targets at close range (within about 25 meters), it doesn't matter if you have a rifle or a handgun.

Mass shooters tend go for the AR-15 because it's common, popular, and because it looks intimidating. It is no more deadly for their purposes than any other commonly available firearm.

[grolimpio]

My comment was misleading. I didn't know about the Virginia Tech mass shooting details, but I did know that the latest mass shooting in Brazil was done with a couple of handguns. And you've made a very good point actually, comments like the one I've made don't help and I apologize for that.

My concern was more about using countries like Brazil as an argument for discussing gun policies in a completely different country.

It isn't uncommon having NRA lobbyist going there for misleading the population and trying to convince people that relaxing the gun policies in Brazil will "solve most of their problems". This is totally irresponsible and given the number of uneducated people we have, which will basically believe whatever a lobbyist from a well-known developed country says, it can actually cause more damage than good. A policy that isn't a big deal in the USA, can be a disaster in Brazil.

By simply comparing crime rates between developed and undeveloped countries doesn't help anyone, anywhere.