Análise sobre o porte e aquisição de arma de fogo para cadetes da PMMA

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the size and acquisition of firearms by cadets of the Military Police Academy Gonçalves Dias (APMGD), a class of professionals who are in the training period, but already active in ostensive police, who have the right to purchase of firearms for restricted personal use, by internal regulation. The work, therefore, brings the concept of firearms in Brazil, deals with the Statute of Disarmament and the control of firearms in the country, acquisition and possession by the military. In addition, it presents the results of a questionnaire applied nationally with members of several police corporations and the armed forces on the possession and acquisition of firearms by APMGD Cadets. The study concluded from the data collected that the interviewees are in favor of the acquisition and possession of a weapon by Cadetes, while this study concludes that the rule that restricts the acquisition and possession of firearms by this class of police is outdated and requires review