# Why Brazil’s gun lobby is backing Bolsonaro as the country heads to the polls

https://mins.news/en/video/83265

- France 24 English, 2026-10-02 10:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFf5SKRzwE8

> As Brazil prepares to vote, access to firearms could sway voters, especially in the rural south. Under Jair Bolsonaro, the number of registered hunters, shooters and collectors—known as CACs—rose sevenfold in four years. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to reverse that trend, angering the powerful gun lobby.

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