Mary had a little gun

Brazil’s experiment to tackle spiraling gun violence by making it easier to buy guns is a rare policy approach, said Daniel Cerqueira, an expert on criminal violence at Brazil’s Institute for Applied Economic Research.

Brazil racked up nearly 64,000 homicides in 2017, the highest overall number of any country in the world. Over 70% of them were committed with firearms.

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Mary had a little gun, 

it's barrel shining bright.

She brought it mad to school one day,

to settle a small fight.

It made the children duck and run,

the teacher fired back.

And little Mary had a hole

that went through her knapsack.

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Jack and Jill shot up a hill

where people fetched their water;

Jack fell dead, and then Jill said:

"I wish I'd brought a blotter."

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Humpty Dumpty pulled out a gun.

Humpty Dumpty had lots of fun

shooting at people who got in his way,

until he cracked up in a tommy gun spray.