House Committee approves project that authorizes states to legislate on firearms

The Public Security Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (20) a complementary bill (PLP) that authorizes states and the Federal District to legislate on the possession and carrying of firearms. The proposal foresees the use of weapons for personal defense, sports and control of invasive exotic species. The PLP still depends on analysis by the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and the Chamber plenary.

According to the text, the authorizations for possession or possession granted will only be valid locally and will only serve people who are proven to reside in the state. The committee approved a substitute presented by the rapporteur, deputy Junio ​​Amaral (PL-MG), to PLP 108/23, by deputy Caroline de Toni (PL-SC), and to the attached (PLP 112/23), informed the Chamber Agency.

The substitute determines that as a condition for putting the rule into practice, if approved, the state must establish a weapons control system integrated with the National Public Security Information System (Sinesp), linked to the Ministry of Justice.

AGU sued the Supreme Court against states that facilitate the carrying and possession of weapons

The Attorney General’s Office (AGU) filed this Monday (18) ten actions with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) against states and municipalities that have laws to facilitate access to firearms. The body, which represents the government, argued that it is the Union’s competence to legislate on the carrying and possession of weapons in the country.

The federal government questioned laws in seven states and one municipality: Mato Grosso do Sul, Sergipe, Paraná, Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Roraima and the municipality of Muriaé (MG). According to the AGU, there is no constitutional authorization for federal entities to define rules for granting gun ownership.

In the proposal approved by the Chamber committee, Caroline de Toni argued that the Constitution allows the delegation of some exclusive powers from the Union to the states. She highlighted that firearms legislation must take “regional peculiarities” into account. “The different realities in the various states require specific analyses, which will be deliberated more efficiently if carried out in the respective legislative branches”, stated the rapporteur.