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$28million Gun Buyback Aims to Destroy 300,000 More Firearms in Brazil
23 August 2008
BBC News
SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government is to launch a campaign as part of an effort to get 300,000 guns off the streets and to cut the country's high murder rate.
Anyone who hands over a firearm will receive between 100 and 300 reais ($60-$185) and will not be investigated if they were illegally holding the weapon.
The campaign will be promoted by advertising on television, radio, newspapers and the internet.
A similar move four years ago helped remove 500,000... (GunPolicy.org)