Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro - aka "Tropical Trump" - has declared that he plans to arm law-abiding Brazilian citizens with guns, allowing them to better defend themselves against criminals.
The newly elected president hopes that by allowing law-abiding citizens better access to firearms for self-defense, it will help to lower his country's spiraling crime rates.
During Brazil's presidential election, Bolsonaro himself was the victim of a violent crime when he was stabbed at a campaign rally in September last year.
The 63-year-old was rushed to intensive care following the attack by a lone assailant, with doctors performing major surgery for several hours.
on December 30, 2018, Breitbart News reported that Bolsonaro announced that he will decree protections on the people's right to own guns so as to turn the tide on criminals who have spent years preying on the defenseless.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Brazilians who are yearning for the change Bolsonaro's personifies.
A 47-year-old sales executive named Ricardo Gouvea echoed Sotero Junior's sentiment, saying, "No one feels safe any more … anywhere in Brazil.
On December 14, 2018, Breitbart News reported Venezuelans lamented the draconian gun controls put in place by Hugo Chavez in 2012.
Fox News spoke to Javier Vanegas, a Venezuelan English teacher now living in Ecuador.
Vanegas said, "Guns would have served as a vital pillar to remaining a free people, or at least able to put up a fight.
"The government security forces, at the beginning of this debacle, knew they had no real opposition to their force.
Bolsonaro is determined that law-abiding Brazilians will be spared the plight Venezuelans are facing.