My friend, cuckolded and beaten, was interrogated the next day at the carabinieri station. The commander apparently asked him if the maid had a hunting license. Of course not, my friend replied. The weapon was seized from him and he himself was sued for failure to keep a weapon or something like that. Three thousand euros to the lawyer to get his weapon released. He will spend more than twice as much to defend himself in court against the prosecution, and however it goes, he will surely have problems when it comes time to renew his license. Which, as everyone knows, is not a right but an object of "concession" depending on the mood of the commissioner. And if you have shown the ring finger to those who pass you on the right and insult you, you can even hear it denied.
We are in Italy, a country of subjects and not of citizens! Apart from the law that establishes how the weapons must be kept diligently on the site "Ministry of Defense - Arma dei Carabinieri"Reads:" ... it is lawful to keep them as long as they are adequately guarded and duly reported to the PS Office competent for the area. " No one has ever legislated that weapons must be locked in armored cabinets. So a shotgun kept in a house with grated and alarmed windows is undoubtedly "carefully guarded". But the thieves entered despite the grates and the alarm system, would object the carabiniere of the jokes. Perhaps he has read somewhere that thieves also enter the vaults of banks that do not take lessons from anyone in terms of keeping cash and valuables diligently. But in the meantime it has happened, even in the past, that after a theft of weapons in his home, an unfortunate keeper has gone through his troubles. Finally, yet another sentence of the Supreme Court should have put an end to all doubts and disputes by establishing that no letter of law requires the use of safes or alarm systems.
The second case is less serious because it had no judicial implications. A dear friend of mine has finally taken her hunting license, passing her exams four months ago. But her license does not reach her. After her last reminder, the official asked her: "Didn't you receive a letter from the carabinieri station in your country?". To my friend's negative response, the official replied. "Well, then you'd better go to the carabinieri and answer their questions". So she did. At the station, she heard the sergeant on duty ask: "Did you buy the armored locker?"
I swear it's true. So, my friend, not having a firearm license, doesn't even have a cap shotgun. And then, I repeat it. the locker is not mandatory. It's just useful. I have it and not out of fear of thieves, or that some child or drug addict or crazy criminal can take my guns. Which are many and some even valuable. No, I have it for fear of the police of jokes.
Bruno Modugno