Na antessala da bancada da bala: Argumentos contra o Estatuto do Desarmamento (2003)

The causes for the persistence of high levels violence in Latin America, and particularly Brazil, must be sought by combining material symbolic elements. This paper focuses on latter, analyzing how discourses mobilized conservative parliamentarians shape a worldview that demands use force as mechanism resolving social conflicts. In order to achieve this objective, statements against Disarmament Statute, arms control legislation approved 2003, were selected. As part these discussions, group would come known “bullet caucus” began took shape, which current president Jair Bolsonaro, participated.