Argentina President Javier Milei authorized on Wednesday (18) the purchase of semi-automatic weapons similar to rifles, carbines and assault on license for possession and possession of firearms.
With a decree, Milei changed the regulation that previously prohibited the acquisition and possession of weapons “derived from military -of -caliber -made weapons of.
According to the text, for access to this weaponry, users “must certify proven sports and other objective conditions”, which will be established by the National Agency of Controlled Materials, dependent on the Ministry of Security.
The text eliminates the prohibition in force in the country since 1995, which restricted the access of this controlled material to armed institutions.
The decree argues that there is a “profuse” administration around authorizations to transfer these weapons when “many of its original users died without their self -transfer could be made to a new authorized holder, which facilitated the conditions of irregularity in those who find their successors.”
The change also states that it is necessary to “meet the possibility of employment of the aforementioned controlled materials in sports activities or other lawful purposes”.
The end of the prohibition of access to these weapons for civilians occurs simultaneously to the modification, by another decree, of the National Arms and Explosives Law for licenses for the possession of active members of the Security Forces, Armed Forces and Penitentiary Service not to be renewed every five years.
In this case, Milei’s government argued that the measure aims to bureaucracy.
By the end of last year, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, had for possession and possession of weapons, from 21 to 18 years.
The measure sought, according to the government, to “adapt” regulation according to the majority in the country, recognized from 18 years, and “reaffirm the ability of citizens” to be legitimate users of weapons of civil use. “
At the time, the decrease in the minimum age was also determined by decree.
