Now the IPI rate will increase from 29.25 to 55 percent and the measure will determine the increase in tax affecting the marketing of revolvers, pistols, shotguns, rechargeable firearms, hunting or sport shooting carbines, spray peppers and cartridges.
Although the decree has been published, the measure will not come into force until the first quarter of 2024.
The provision amends a table published in July 2022 by former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022).
With the tax increase, the executive branch hopes to raise 342 million reais (around $68 million) from the sale of weapons and ammunition in 2024.
The federal government expects to make the population’s access to firearms and ammunition even more difficult.
Previously, Lula noted a decline in the number of military equipment available for purchase by civilians, including hunters, shooters and gatherers (CACs).
Popular access to firearms was a banner defended by Bolsonaro.
The government at the time issued more than 40 decrees to make it easier for civilians to acquire weapons.
According to a report by the Sou da Paz Institute (I am for Peace), the number of weapons registered in the names of CACs increased from 350,000 in 2018 to one million in July 2022.
On July 21, Lula signed a decree on the responsible control of firefighting equipment with the aim of reducing violence in Brazil.
This measure was announced during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, headquarters of the executive branch of this capital, and was part of the so-called Security Action Program.
According to the government, the provision, among other things, reduces the amount of weapons and ammunition that civilians can access for personal defense and the amount of weapons and ammunition that can be purchased by CACs.
It bans these members from traveling with war artifacts and goods, restricts the operation of shooting clubs and reintroduces rules distinguishing between devices used by security agencies and ordinary citizens.
It also reduces the validity of firearms registrations and shifts their control from the army to the federal police.
Specifically, the decree reduces the amount of instruments of war and ammunition that civilians can access for self-defense.
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