Interest in Firearms training in Brazil?

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My lady friend and I recently returned from Brazil. Nice country and great people but crazy gun laws. Since I was last there 2 years ago, I noticed a large increase in armed security guards. I know Brazilians have to get a permit for firearm ownership and that they can't own high powered handguns or rifles, but is there an interest in coming to Florida and shooting "real" guns? The second most popular destination for Brazilians leaving their country is Disney, Florida. I live in S.W. Florida and have acess to various ranges and firearms. Any Brazilians intersted in visiting with us?
 
Having lived in Brazil and spent a lot of time learning the language and the culture I can say that they just don't have the same appreciation for firearms ownership that we do. They take pride in the fact that their "revolution" was a non-violent one. They are used to the government telling them what they can and cannot do and they kinda think that is the way it is and the way it should be. They are forced to join the military when of age, and heck, they are even forced to vote. They are a great people, but might I suggest that you be VERY careful and choosy with which of them you let handle a firearm. Odds are that they just don't appreciate or understand the power and consequenses of handling a firearm and will need to be drilled pretty hard to get any preconceptions out of their brains before they even handle one. Even the ones that have handled them in the military are likely to be loose cannons since their involvement was forced upon them.
 
their crime rates are insanely high....probably has a lot to do with how easy it is for criminals to get firearms there and the strict laws making it difficult for law abiding citizens to own them
 
To the OP: Why just Brazilians? There's lots of Germans visiting our area as well, as well as Brits, etc.? BTW, any good ranges around Bonita? I'm 10 minutes up the road and would love to be able to go down there to shoot.
 
Interest in Firearms training in Brazil?

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My lady friend and I recently returned from Brazil. Nice country and great people but crazy gun laws. Since I was last there 2 years ago, I noticed a large increase in armed security guards. I know Brazilians have to get a permit for firearm ownership and that they can't own high powered handguns or rifles, but is there an interest in coming to Florida and shooting "real" guns?

I am at a loss. Are you offering training to Brazilians for guns which they can possess because of their amount of crime? What good does it do to train them in firearms they can't have to use to fight against crime? Or are you targeting Brazilian security guards since they have access to more powerful weapons?

Or are you just offering a companion shooting experience, sort of like the machinegun rental places in Vegas?

Either way, I don't think THR contains much of your target demographic. You need to find some Brazilian-based tourist and gun discussion boards and make your pitch.
 
Brazilians can own high powered handguns and rifles. Certain restrictions do apply. They can't own a 9mm, but are allowed 40 s and 45 s. They can't own a 5.56, but they can own a .223 or .308.
 
Brazilians visit Florida, particularly the Orlando and Miami area to both vacation and shop. Gun training is difficult or impossible to get unless one has a connection with the military police. Getting a gun permit is dependant upon showing "proficiency." This appears to be a double bind where one can't get experience unless you already have experience.

My question is really: would "gun/shooting tourism" be of interest to Brazilians coming here? Would attending a US or NRA training be of any value to them in Brazil? Would NRA instructor training in Brazil help provide access to shooting sports there by increasing the availability of civilian firearms training? Any Brazilians read or post on THR?
 
their crime rates are insanely high....probably has a lot to do with how easy it is for criminals to get firearms there and the strict laws making it difficult for law abiding citizens to own them

Internationally there is no correlation between more restrictive gun laws and higher crime. The reverse is in fact true. Consider these states on homicide rates (per 100,000 people):

Strict gun control laws:
Middle East = 4.4
Canada = 1.8
Chile = 1.7
West & Central Europe = 1.4
UK = 1.3
Australia = 1.3
Japan = 0.8

Loose gun control:
USA = 5

Brazil's rate is 20 and they have basically middle-of-the road gun control laws.

It's also a little hard to say that the Brazil rate is "insanely high." Their rate is just slightly higher than the Americas overall and just over double the world rate. That makes it more dangerous than average, but when you back out the crime strictly in the slums the rates are very much in line with the rest of the Americas (basically meaning that the slums are very dangerous but the rest of the country is the same as anywhere else on the continent).

I am, by the way, writing this from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A fantastic and very safe city.
 
My question is really: would "gun/shooting tourism" be of interest to Brazilians coming here? Would attending a US or NRA training be of any value to them in Brazil? Would NRA instructor training in Brazil help provide access to shooting sports there by increasing the availability of civilian firearms training? Any Brazilians read or post on THR?

Gun shooting tourism isn't the same thing, necessarily as gun training. You can go to Vegas and several other places and rent machineguns and blast away. Those places are most definitely soliciting to gun shooting tourism. Out west, they seem to cater to a lot of people, but what I noticed was that there was a huge Japanese target demographic of well-to-do Japanese businessmen here in the US who want to do something they can't do in their own country and something they perceive as being very American.

Just curious, how would you as an NRA instructor be able to provide instruction in Brazil? How are you going to be permited to have guns when the locals have difficulties?

You you help people become more proficient. If they don't have ties to the police or military, as you noted, then how are they going to get their permits? If they do have ties to the police or military, then my guess is that they can get the proficiency training they need for a permit if they aren't already proficient.
 
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