Le I parabellum become for everyone. The short, semi-automatic or repeating firearms, “Chambered for ammunition in the 9 × 19 caliber” (like the Beretta 92) can be sold to anyone with a license for civilian or sporting use, while until now they were reserved for the military and law enforcement. It is the effect of an amendment to the European law 2019-2020, the provision that adapts the Italian legal system to EU legislation, definitively approved on Tuesday by the Chamber. Thus a historical taboo of the Italian legal system falls, which it has always forbidden - first as a matter of practice, since 2010 also by law - the civil trade of parabellum, cartridges with a notable penetrating power, which in closed environments makes even the bouncing of shots lethal.
A norm disputed by gun enthusiasts, according to which the performance of the 9 × 19 is comparable to that of the Israeli 9 × 21 that anyone can get licensed. The amendment, proposed by the senator of the Brothers of Italy Giovanbattista Fazzolari, cancels the passage of the law on weapons (the 110 of 1975) which prohibited "the manufacture, introduction into the territory of the State and the sale" of parabellum ammunition short weapons, "Unless they are intended for the Armed Forces or the State Armed Corps, or for export".
"The legalization of the 9 × 19 parabellum caliber puts an end to prejudice and an increase in costs for the operators of private security and it also has important repercussions in the sporting field ”, Fazzolari rejoices. Finally, he says, it will be possible to "organize international shooting competitions in Italy, with the lifting of the ban imposed on foreign athletes from introduce their own equipment on Italian soil for the conduct of competitions. A turning point expected for decades by sportsmen, private security officers, collectors or simple amateurs "(Il Fatto Quotidiano).