The last decision of the first section of the Palermo Regional Administrative Court represents a precedent of a certain weight as regards hunting licenses and the I carry arms in general. According to what was established by the judges, in fact, it is not enough to have relatives who ended up in handcuffs with accusations linked to the mafia to deny the carrying of a rifle. Particularly, the Police Headquarters and the Prefecture of Agrigento had rejected the request to renew the document to carry out hunting activities after having found the presence of relatives that are not exactly immaculate.
The wife of the man who was denied renewal is a cousin of three people arrested for mafia association and aggravated extortion. The Palermo Regional Administrative Court has 100% accepted the hunter's appeal.
As the lawyer of this person commented: "The mere existence of a kinship relationship between the wife and some of her prejudiced cousins, if not corroborated by further objective and symptomatic elements about the lack of reliability in the use of weapons the applicant cannot legitimately justify the refusal by the Prefecture to the request for renewal of the license for firearms and, for these reasons, the TAR of Sicily accepted the appeal ".