BRAZIL
Not Off-limits Now
Two gunmen stormed into a Brazilian school Wednesday and shot dead at least five teenagers and two school officials before killing themselves.
The motives of the shooters – former pupils aged 17 and 25 – are not yet known, Reuters reported.
Before the attack on the Raul Brasil school in Suzano, a city on the eastern outskirts of metropolitan Sao Paulo, the pair shot and killed the owner of a car rental agency from which they stole a car.
Although Brazil tallies more annual homicides than any other country, school shootings remain rare, with the last one occurring in 2011. Gun laws are also strict, though it is not hard to get a gun illegally and President Jair Bolsonaro is working to make getting a licensed one easier as well.
The post-shooting debate echoed similar discussions in the United States, with some saying armed teachers might have limited the death toll and others arguing more guns would lead to more killings, Reuters said.
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