Section Prima Ter del Lazio Regional Administrative Court has issued an importance ruling that closely concerns the personal defence and sports shooting. The judges examined one man's appeal against a measure of a few years ago. In practice, the Rome Police Headquarters had rejected the issue of the license to carry a pistol for personal defense due to the lack of facts that made clear a concrete and specific risk for the personal safety of man.
The latter has repeatedly recalled that he holds a license for skeet shooting and that he often goes around armed as a national competitor in the discipline of dynamic sport shooting. In short, the applicant is usual move with weapons and ammunition in tow to practice the discipline. For the Lazio Regional Administrative Court this is an appeal not to be taken into consideration.
First of all, the power of the commissioner in this area was recognized. Furthermore, self-defense must be characterized by a "Demonstrated need", without forgetting that we are talking about a license with an exceptional character. The need for self-defense must be equally special, one derogation in this case impossible.