Since 2023, the PF has taken control of CAC records but has not created a mechanism for transfers; Emails to superintendencies go unanswered
The Public Security and Combating Organized Crime Committee of the Chamber of Deputies votes tomorrow on a request from deputy Rodrigo da Zaeli (PL-MT) who demands that the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Police create a system for the transfer of firearms between Collectors, Sports Shooters and Hunters — the so-called CACs.
The problem has its roots in a change made by the Lula government. With Decree No. 11,615/2023, responsibilities over CACs were transferred from the Brazilian Army to the Federal Police. Since then, according to the parliamentarian, the PF has not provided any functional system that allows the transfer of weapons between those registered — a practice that was legal and historically regulated when the department belonged to the Army.
In practice, legal legal transactions are paralyzed. Requests sent by email to regional PF superintendencies, including in the Federal District, receive no response. Regularly registered owners live in legal uncertainty. Sports shooting, a sector that drives federations and competitions across the country, is accumulating losses.
In the indication filed on March 3, Zaeli demands concrete responses: immediate implementation of a computerized system, publication of a provisional standard while the definitive system is not released, formal response from all regional superintendencies to pending requests and a public regularization schedule.
The deputy frames the omission as a direct violation of the constitutional principles of administrative efficiency, legal security and continuity of public service. “This is not about normative innovation”, says the text. “It’s administrative continuity.”
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
