Editing Overview of gun laws by nation (section)

===Brazil===
{{Main|Gun control in Brazil}}
All firearms in Brazil are required to be registered. The minimum age for ownership is 25,<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4368598.stm |title=Brazilians reject gun sales ban |date=24 October 2005 |access-date=17 June 2008 |publisher=BBCNEWS |archive-date=26 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726230322/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4368598.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
and certificates of aptitude and mental health are required prior to the acquisition of a firearm and every ten years thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2019/Decreto/D9845.htm|title=Decreto n° 9845, de 25 de Junho de 2019|website=www.planalto.gov.br|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215000031/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2019-2022/2019/decreto/D9845.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
It is generally illegal to carry a firearm outside one's residence, commerce/store or farm.<ref name="NRA in Brazil">{{cite news |url=http://www.alternet.org/story/27279/ |title=The NRA Takes on Gun Control– in Brazil |author=Hearn, Kelly |date=5 October 2005 |access-date=17 June 2008 |work=Alternet |archive-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013142946/http://www.alternet.org/story/27279/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Executive Order {{abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;5.123, of 1 July 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5123.htm|title=D5123|website=www.planalto.gov.br|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106111801/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5123.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
allows the [[Federal Police of Brazil|Federal Police]] to confiscate firearms which are not possessed for a valid reason;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jus.com.br/artigos/30201/a-ilegalidade-na-negativa-a-compra-de-arma-de-fogo|title=Negativa à compra de arma de fogo: ilegalidade da discricionariedade da Polícia Federal|website=jus.com.br – Jus Navigandi|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174315/https://jus.com.br/artigos/30201/a-ilegalidade-na-negativa-a-compra-de-arma-de-fogo|url-status=live}}</ref>

The total number of firearms in Brazil is thought to be between 14 million and 17 million<ref name="NRA in Brazil"/><ref name="Gun Facts and the Law">{{cite web |url=http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/brazil |title=Brazil – Gun Facts, Figures and the Law |publisher=GunPolicy.org |access-date=21 December 2012 |archive-date=20 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220084200/http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/brazil |url-status=dead }}</ref>
with an estimated 9 million being unregistered.<ref name="BBCNews"/>
In a [[Brazilian firearms and ammunition referendum, 2005|2005 referendum]], Brazilians voted against a government proposal for a total ban on the sales of firearms to private citizens.<ref name="BBCNews"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.camara.leg.br/atividade-legislativa/comissoes/comissoes-temporarias/especiais/55a-legislatura/pl-3722-12-disciplina-normas-sobre-armas-de-fogo/documentos/audiencias-publicas/apresentacao-do-coronel-paes-de-lira-ong-pela-legitima-defesa/|title=Analysis (in Portuguese) about gun control, Legislative Chamber|website=camara.leg.br|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521101952/https://www2.camara.leg.br/atividade-legislativa/comissoes/comissoes-temporarias/especiais/55a-legislatura/pl-3722-12-disciplina-normas-sobre-armas-de-fogo/documentos/audiencias-publicas/apresentacao-do-coronel-paes-de-lira-ong-pela-legitima-defesa/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2019, [[Jair Bolsonaro|President Bolsonaro]] signed an executive order which loosened Brazil's gun laws by removing the police's discretionary power to reject license applications.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-gun-rules.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-gun-rules.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Bolsonaro Signs Decree Making It Easier for Brazilians to Buy Guns|date=2019|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Darlington|first1=Shasta}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Currently there are more than one million guns legally registered by civilians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/brasil/mais-de-1-milhao-de-armas-estao-em-poder-de-civis/|title=Mais de 1 milhão de armas estão em poder de civis|date=31 January 2021|website=Poder360|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224183309/https://www.poder360.com.br/brasil/mais-de-1-milhao-de-armas-estao-em-poder-de-civis/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 5 September the Minister of Supreme Court, Luiz Edson Fachin, did invalidate some decrees signed by President Bolsonaro. Those decisions, are named as ADI 6119, ADI 6139 and ADI 6466.<ref>[https://portal.stf.jus.br/noticias/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=494468&ori=1 STF mantém suspensão de decretos que flexibilizam compra e porte de armas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213090022/https://portal.stf.jus.br/noticias/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=494468&ori=1|date=13 February 2023}}</ref> The immediate action of those ADIs were the ban to purchase any firearm for home protection
and the purchase of ammunition for any civilian in the country. Those ADIs also affected the shooting sports in some degree, by forbidden the acquisition of firearms of restricted calibers.