Paradise Brazil

[SwordsMaster]

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I think you have probably seen this, but it is still impressive. A gang war that leaves over 100 dead in a week!


What do you think of that? What should the government be doing? Is it out of control? Should external powers intervene?

[Fragony]

Watch the movie 'City of God', a human life means absolutily nothing there. Interesting about the movie is the cast, they are all from these very parts of town, the director wanted 'natural'. It is a mess there.

[SwordsMaster]

Watch the movie 'City of God', a human life means absolutily nothing there. Interesting about the movie is the cast, they are all from these very parts of town, the director wanted 'natural'. It is a mess there.

Seen it. Impressive. But still...

[Crazed Rabbit]

What?! How can this be possible?! Gangs with rifles and grenades?! I refuse to believe it!

After all, look at Brazil, they have some very strict gun control laws. Thus, it is simply not possible for criminals to get guns if guns are outlawed! If they could, what would be the point of gun control laws?

CR

[Ser Clegane]

Let's not turn this into yet another gun control thread, OK?

Thanks

[doc_bean]

What?! How can this be possible?! Gangs with rifles and grenades?! I refuse to believe it!

After all, look at Brazil, they have some very strict gun control laws. Thus, it is simply not possible for criminals to get guns if guns are outlawed! If they could, what would be the point of gun control laws?

CR

Right, because this thread was about gun control....

EDIT Ser beat me to it

[Avicenna]

Mafiosi gangs in Sicily claim many lives, but I guess probably not that quickly and openly.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Sorry. I do not want to drag this into another gun control thread.

It sprang into my head after reading that police officers were forbidden to buy more ammunition.

Anyways, back on topic-I'm surprised they haven't sent the military in to the city. It sounds like near anarchy.

Crazed Rabbit

[Byzantine Prince]

Yeah it's a really messed up situation, you have millions of people from the country living in illigal homes with little to no police monitoring, most of the youths in drug-traficking gangs. The crime rate inside the slums is surprisingly low, disregarding the drug trade, because if the police get called into the neighobourhoods it costs the gangs dearly. So a lot of people there leave their homes unlocked ironically enough.

After all, look at Brazil, they have some very strict gun control laws. Thus, it is simply not possible for criminals to get guns if guns are outlawed!

Guns are not outlawed in Brazil. They have about 17,000,000 registered firearms. It's illigal to carry them outside of the home but whateva.

/edited for content. no ad hominem.

[Soulforged]

Anyways, back on topic-I'm surprised they haven't sent the military in to the city. It sounds like near anarchy.

I'm not a military expert, but both parties prefer to use guerrilla tactics, thus it will be not a good option to send the military. Besides sending people trained to kill into a heated terrain with many innocents in it will be a very bad choice IMO.

[BHCWarman88]

a Country that NEar Anchry,and proably be running with Tens of Gangs soon,SOund like a good place to go,anyone like to go there next weekend?? :-( :/

[Soulforged]

a Country that NEar Anchry,and proably be running with Tens of Gangs soon,SOund like a good place to go,anyone like to go there next weekend?? :-( :/

Note for the rest of the thread, and those who didn't know or didn't read the article: This whole thing is happening in the capital of Sao Paolo, not all Brazil. You can be safe turists in the rest of the place.

[BHCWarman88]

That's good.... Well,Who wants to go to Sao Paolo with me then?? lol
it Just,why Be in a Gang??the Mitaiarty should Enter and try to calm it down..

[Oaty]

Last paragraph is good

"It is the only way to deal with them," says Ednar Souza, a taxi-driver working the unusually quiet streets of downtown on Thursday night. "They don’t care about the courts or prison, which they run. The only way to deal with them is to shoot them."

See if they arrest them, they go free or maybe just a slap on the wrists while they knew who arrested them and then either beat the officer if he/she is lucky. So they take the law into thier own hands..

So controlling the courts may not be for the best of thier future.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

The question is: Is this a gang war? Or just a war?

[Devastatin Dave]

As long as they don't pop a cap in any of those Brazillian honeys, I'm kool wit de mutual beatdown... POP!!! POP!!! POP!!! beeeeyatches!!!

[Avicenna]

The question is: Is this a gang war? Or just a war?

Probably. If it was some kind of revolution I'd guess it would happen in Brasilia, the capital. The police are fighting the gangs, so you could call it a gang war I guess.

Interesting how they're targeting the relatives of the gang members. The mafiosi leader Riina was pretty accused of being bloodthirsty for doing that, and was a fearsome figure even in the Sicilian Mafia. The police doing that is quite pathetic, to be honest. Killing the family members? They've done nothing wrong. It's just the police sinking to the level of thugs.

[Dâriûsh]

The question is: Is this a gang war? Or just a war?

Actually the gang behind it, the PCC, is purportedly strongly left wing. Viva la revolution!

[Kralizec]

As long as they don't pop a cap in any of those Brazillian honeys, I'm kool wit de mutual beatdown... POP!!! POP!!! POP!!! beeeeyatches!!!

You're content with police officers dieing?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Oh come now, that was very obviously DD in sarcasm mode.

Beirut:

This thread title (albeit not the subject) BEGS for a link to some of the better Brazilian photos in the Babes thread. Any chance you could set us up?

[AntiochusIII]

Note for the rest of the thread, and those who didn't know or didn't read the article: This whole thing is happening in the capital of Sao Paolo, not all Brazil. You can be safe turists in the rest of the place.

Erm, Sao Paolo is not the capital of Brazil, last I heard. I assume the word you're looking for is "Metropolis" or simply "city," which will indicate a particularly urban area with a particularly high concentration and therefore a lot more slums and "bad neighborhood" than usual.

And yes, Sao Paolo was messed up. But hey.

[Dâriûsh]

Erm, Sao Paolo is not the capital of Brazil, last I heard. I assume the word you're looking for is "Metropolis" or simply "city," which will indicate a particularly urban area with a particularly high concentration and therefore a lot more slums and "bad neighborhood" than usual.

Actually, Sao Paolo the city is the capital of the State of Sao Paolo.

[Tribesman]

It sprang into my head after reading that police officers were forbidden to buy more ammunition.

Does any context spring into the head over that ?

Like for example police officers being forbidden to have unauthorised weapons and ammunition because of a slight problem with certain officers operating as vigilante death squads ?
Thats amazing isn't it , making sure that officers only have what they are given and making sure they can account for every round they fire , it works wonders if you want to lower the amount of extrajudicial murders being carried out by so called Guardians of the peace .

[Crazed Rabbit]

You have no idea of what you're talking about, do you?

But keep on with your dillusional ramblings. They're so cute.

Crazed Rabbit

[Divinus Arma]

I'm not a military expert, but both parties prefer to use guerrilla tactics, thus it will be not a good option to send the military. Besides sending people trained to kill into a heated terrain with many innocents in it will be a very bad choice IMO.

Weren't you near Brazil? Do you have family near there? Believe or not, when I heard about this, you were the first person I thought of!

Funny how violence can do that to ya. As much as we all whack at each other via politics, I really would hate to hear of a tragedy to an org member....

[Tribesman]

You have no idea of what you're talking about, do you?
Well enlighten me as to any other restrictions that have been placed upon the Brazillian police regarding ammunition Rabbit .
Oh right , there is none
So it appears that you are correct , I have absolutely no idea about some imaginary legislation that sprang into your head

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well enlighten me as to any other restrictions that have been placed upon the Brazillian police regarding ammunition Rabbit .

Not restriction just upon the police, but restrictions on anybody buying more than a certain (low) amount of ammunition each year.

Oh right , there is none
So it appears that you are correct , I have absolutely no idea about some imaginary legislation that sprang into your head

Would you like a rope to pull yourself out of that hole you've dug yourself into?

In conclusion, my initial statement was correct.

Crazed Rabbit

[solypsist]

hmmm...maybe i'll plan a little trip to brazil, strictly to check it out for my own curiosity...


/adrenaline junkie

[Tribesman]

Would you like a rope to pull yourself out of that hole you've dug yourself into?
Lets see It sprang into my head after reading that police officers were forbidden to buy more ammunition.

Compare to.....Not restriction just upon the police, but restrictions on anybody buying more than a certain (low) amount of ammunition each year.

Oh I see , so not the stronger enforcement of an existing regulation regarding police and their possible use of non issue ammunition due to events in Brasil , but a law regarding the purchase of ammuntion by any citizen with a firearms licence ....hmmmmm...interesting , so please enlighten me ( I know you can , gun -nut weekly must have covered it) what was the outcome of of the referendum on the proposed law amending the bills controling and licencing firearms and their possesion in Brasil ?
It wouldn't have been rejected by any chance would it ?
It can't have been surely as only the US allows its citizens to have firearms doesn't it .
Forget the rope Rabbit , you need a full mining rescue crew to get you out of that hole , but its OK your take on foriegn firearms legislation is really cute , keep 'em coming.
Perhaps foryour next take you can try the draconin firearms laws of Bhutan , it should be easy enough , it has thousands less firearms laws than the US , it should be fairly easy for you to grasp .

[Vladimir]

hmmm...maybe i'll plan a little trip to brazil, strictly to check it out for my own curiosity...


/adrenaline junkie

Great. He goes to one itsy bitsy war zone and now he's Rambo with a camera.