This time I put the finger in the eye of all those idiots (politicians, journalists, opinion makers, do-gooders, vegans, table and living room anti-hunts) who believe they are looking good in front of those who do not yet have clear ideas, declaring war on weapons, and of course, hunting. They are the fixers, the dwarves, the dancers and the acrobats of the Single Thought. Sometimes they dress up as famous scientists, sometimes as prophets of environmental catastrophes, sometimes as thoughtful costume critics, more often as alternative lunatics with the bandana, beard, and bottle of mineral water in tow. And when they say "weapons" they never mean those used by the military, by the police and least of all by robbers, terrorists, jihadists and scoundrels of all kinds. No, when something happens (I know, when a prison officer, a carabiniere, a vigilante whose pitcher jumps and shoots his wife and mother-in-law, or when we witness on TV the unfolding of a sensational act of blood caused by gangs suicide terrorists, or crazy Americans who start shooting on a campus or in a college) do not consider the weapons that all good people wielded: machine guns, assault and repeater rifles, hand grenades, explosive belts, all weapons of war and guerrilla warfare. No, we ask for laws that make life difficult for all those who, for defense, sporting activities, hunting already possess or would acquire (having the qualifications) legal weapons, registered and in any case not capable of causing massacres. And so they believe they are solving the problem of common and organized crime or political and religious extremism. Fools! You can take away all Italians from defense weapons, hunting or sports, officially and legally held (good weapons) and the massacres, armed robberies, mafia activities would continue to cause deaths. Because these weapons, imbecile gentlemen, are held in clandestine deposits for the use of the underworld, massacres, and political and religious terrorists (bad weapons).
They are the same idiots, one-way forkmen, who when a citizen defends himself from thieves, robbers or rapists, ask for his head or at least his indictment and enjoy when a judge on whom I am not allowed to express an opinion (he yes and I don't) sentenced him to five years in prison and to pay damages to thieves. For the record: the poor guy died of a heart attack. Horned and hammered! Matteo Renzi belongs to the same category of idiots (excuse me President, and yet you say you have done something good). And who cannot resist the temptation to announce a new and stricter regulation of weapons. Always those for personal defense, or for sporting and hunting use.
All this in the belief of meeting the national sentiment, which imagines itself to be good-natured, opposed to the use of weapons and intolerant of hunting. So I tell all these consensus seekers to go find them somewhere else. because things are not as they think or as someone tries to make them believe. As many as 24 referendums for the abolition of hunting between nationals and regions were beaten by the general indifference that has always caused the quorum to be lacking. Only one referendum was held in the polls. The older ones remember it. It was in 80 and the question concerned the repeal of the law that regulates the carrying of arms. The proponents were the radicals and the usual anti-hunts. Well, they were beaten, indeed submerged, by an avalanche of "NO!": 84 percent of voters rejected the referendum. The verdict of the Italians was inexorable and even then demonstrated how much they considered it necessary to have a weapon in the house. And things have not changed yet today. And so, journalists from big cities, politicians and those who believe they interpret the mood of the people, convinced that the whole society considers hunting a useless, harmful and immoral activity. Nothing more wrong. Two recent polls by Astra Ricerche, one in 2010 and one in 2013, have shown that Italians in favor of hunting are a clear majority. Italy is not the Milan of Corriere della Sera or the Rome of the Repubblica, but Italy is that of small cities, provinces, and the countryside where hunting has always had the right of citizenship. In big cities (which do not represent Italy) many children do not even know how a chicken is born. They think it is manufactured in the Aia, Arena, Auchan factories. Not in grandma's chicken coop. Nor have they ever seen the old hen killed to make broth or lamb to celebrate Easter. And so the Findus cod fillets weren't like fish darting in agony on the vessel's cauldron, but had the meaning of a chocolate bar or a Kinder snack. And the majority of those in favor of hunting increased by 3 percent in three years (56 percent), between the first and second Astra surveys. And 56% doesn't mean the other 44% are against it. No, many don't know what to say, others don't know the problem. Only a small minority is opposed to hunting and is able to justify this response. So, fools looking for consensus, you got it all wrong and you keep making mistakes.
In conclusion, the weapon that is in my house, denounced and well guarded, is a good weapon, which makes my loved ones and neighbors feel safer, and the criminals less safe. The good weapon is a guarantee. The most armed country in the world is the civilized and highly democratic Switzerland, where every soldier brings his or her service weapon into the house. In Switzerland I have not seen iron bars and armored doors. Nor have I ever read in the papers about a thug who slaughtered a copy of poor pensioners to death in their unarmed home and knocked an old lady off the balcony after raping her. Meditate, fools, meditate!