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He supports the right of all non-criminals to own firearms and proposed this as one of his first initiatives upon taking the office of president.  One of his favorite expressions is "combater o lixo marxista," which means "fight the [[marxist]] garbage."<ref>https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1079686972673806336</ref>

He supports the right of all non-criminals to own firearms and proposed this as one of his first initiatives upon taking the office of president.  One of his favorite expressions is "combater o lixo marxista," which means "fight the [[marxist]] garbage."<ref>https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1079686972673806336</ref>

Personal gun registration soared almost 500% under Bolsonaro's government.<ref name=gun/>

Personal gun registration soared almost 500% under Bolsonaro's government<ref name=gun/>, which some link to the fact that the amount of violent deaths has more than tripled, going from 818 deaths in 2017 to 2,556 in 2020, without any major effects in crime rates.<ref>[https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2021/10/07/governo-federal-distorce-dados-sobre-violencia-para-defender-acesso-a-armas.amp.htm Governo Federal distorce dados sobre violência para defender acesso à armas (in portuguese)]</ref>

==Life and career==

==Life and career==