Daniel Cerqueira
Daniel Cerqueira is an economist with the Institute for Research on Applied Economics (IPEA) in Brazil.
Guns kill about 40,000 Brazilians every year. Some lawmakers think more guns will make the country safer.
Brazil has a murder problem. It also has a gun problem. Both could get worse if some Brazilian lawmakers have their way. Rather than tighten responsible firearms legislation, the so-called Bullet Caucus wants to make weapons even more accessible and untraceable.