Il Lombardy Regional Administrative Court upheld the appeal of a man residing in province of Pavia to which the Prefecture had denied the renewal of firearms license. What specifically had happened? This person works at a private security institution as an employee coordinator, therefore he has to monitor every aspect of the activity, especially the deposit of money in the bank. According to the Prefect of Pavia, the license could not be granted because of the lack of real dangers to which the same man would be exposed.
The transport of cash actually exposes him to the risk of crime, but the firearms license has been refused. The decision immediately appeared controversial given that the protagonist of the appeal held the title for well thirty years. According to the Lombard TAR, the reasons that led to the change in the circumstances underlying the release were not explained with care and precision. The provision of the Prefecture was therefore considered illegitimate.
Among other things, the refusal was associated with the decrease in predatory crimes in the province of Pavia from 2017 to 2018, a contraction which however did not take into account the work done by the owner of the document. The activity is carried out in province of Ferrara, an area where security conditions have worsened. The annulment of the provisions of the Prefect will soon become a legal precedent of a certain weight.