Dear Editor, the article on Difesa Online entitled "was brought to my attention"Italians to arms!" (v.articolo), signed by Paolo Palumbo. Leaving aside the fact of being in deep disagreement with most of the opinions expressed in this article, I remain a person convinced of the sacredness of others opinions and free thinking. Nevertheless, I can not fail to point out the macroscopic inaccuracies contained in the aforesaid article, of which I am to ask for rectification to protect the honorableness of the association of which I have the honor to belong and the category of the legal possessors of firearms:
"In light of what is coming out in the press, the first problem seems to be the compromise signed between the Minister of the Interior and the arms lobby that shocked a bit 'all the newspapers: but it was really thought that a similar law did not include a pact with these manufacturers? "
Today the Minister of the Interior has not signed any "compromise" with the "arms lobby", he has simply signed a commitment with the 477 Directive Committee, which is an association of citizens duly constituted and therefore an expression of civil society. This commitment, signed in front of the cameras, the text of which was published, together with the news of the signature by various candidates in the elections, already in February, both on the association's website and in various media, sector and non. This agreement is therefore NOT a "pact with manufacturers", but the commitment made to a category of citizens to audit the sector associations when it comes to changing the laws concerning weapons, their possession and their use (simple common sense, considering the quality of the regulations on the subject promulgated from 1975 to today) What I say is easily verifiable by connecting to the association's website.
"The market is flourishing and although the armories complain about the crisis, we wonder why the windows are always full of machine guns of every kind"
The armories complain about crises and many of them have closed, also due to the Damocles sword constituted by the revision of the European Directive on the matter, which has in fact paralyzed the arms market of (former) B7 category for 4 long years. I'm sure you can find confirmation of this by contacting the trade associations, for example Assoarmieri. Moreover, what is quite serious, it is said that the shops would be full of "submachine guns of all kinds", when the possession of "submachine guns", or selective weapons, is absolutely precluded to civilians, in particular by Art. 1 of the 110 / 75 law. I assume the author was referring precisely to the modern sport rifles used in all the dynamic shooting disciplines, but that the expression "submachine guns" was improperly chosen to arouse the profane impact.
"busillis arises, however, when a passion (never harmless, given accidents) can turn into a potential threat to others"
The rate of accidents in shooting sports is lower than that of almost all other popular sports in our country, confirmation of this can be found in the data recently shared at the hearings in Parliament by the trade associations, especially when compared with the rates of accidents of sport normally perceived as harmless.
"The holders of the first" step "to obtain the yellow card are the National TSN or Target Shooting who, after a course of a few hours on gun handling and an exam (easily passable) certify (in a completely aleatory) that the shooter is ready not to aim the muzzle at the bystanders. Combined with this there are the health checks. and two with an outlay of money), the question revolves around the payment of stamps and the presentation of the application to the police station. Anyone who has no criminal record and comes from a good family can secure permission to bring a weapon solely for hunting or use. sports: well understood, for personal defense (for now) the lists are inaccessible or limited to a few users. It is beyond doubt that this process does not attest to anything about the qualities of those who will have to port ar the weapon and does not confer seer powers on what then can be done with that weapon. "
The certificate of qualification for UITS handling (which is a public body with certification power) confirms that the participant is able to handle a weapon in safety, through assessment and assessment carried out by third parties, qualified and authorized. Unless the journalist has such power, what is written does not correspond to reality. Moreover, with this qualification, the shooter can only engage in static or academic shooting: any firing range prevents the shooter from practicing shooting disciplines in movement if he has not previously successfully attended further courses (for example the "Bronze 3000" FITDS or a course practical shooting, which usually last two days). If the author then finds "farcical" the visit of a medical officer, this will have to prove it and not be limited to an unhappy epithet (On the other hand during this verification could take care to ask why some ULSS require a series of examinations and certificates required by law only in case of necessity to all license applicants, without exclusion, with the clear purpose of deterring them through exorbitant costs). Speaking of the police investigation that each applicant suffers, this certifies that the applicant has an irreproachable moral conduct and does not present any impediment to the issue of a Public Security license, not simply that "has no criminal record" or that "comes from a good family ".
"More realistically it is desirable that the state does not delegate to its citizens in matters of defense or public order"
The legitimate defense has nothing to do with public order or with the defense work carried out by the police. It is characterized by immediacy and configures a situation where the defensive action is not delayed over time nor can it be delegated to third parties, if you want to protect your own or third parties' safety from an unjust, often lethal, offense.
I also inform you that this letter will be forwarded to the lawyers of the 477 Directive Committee so that they can assess whether there have been violations of the Code of Conduct for the appropriate notifications to the ODA in case of non-rectification.
With my best regards,
Andrea Favaro
Delegate Firearms United for the 477 Directive Committee
Firearms United - Italian Staff
Dear Firearms United Delegate for the 477 Steering Committee, thank you very much for bringing to my attention with your rectification a field of information that deserves definitely much more attention.
Allow me to underline the uselessness of having represented me who will report everything to the relevant lawyers "so that they can assess whether there have been violations of the Code of Ethics for the appropriate reporting to the ODG in case of failure to rectify", since this daily has always acknowledged the due space for any requests for corrections.
As a "person convinced of the sacredness of others opinions and free thinking", from this moment we will begin a long series of in-depth analysis on the subject. We will continue until the laws and referenda have finally eliminated any doubt about the popular will of the overwhelming majority of Italians.
Andrea Cucco
(in the photo an image of the 477 Directive Committee website)
