Hunting and Safety: the brochure "Correctly and safely managing weapons for hunting", a handbook on the handling of hunting weapons, was presented in Trento.
The brochure on "Correctly and safely managing weapons for hunting" was presented in Trento yesterday, March 13, published by the Trentino Environment Forests and Fauna Academy in collaboration with the Trento Police Headquarters and the Trentino Hunters Association. It will be distributed to 6.500 Trentino hunters, but will be made available to those who request it at the 8th Expo Riva Caccia Pesca Ambiente, which will take place in Riva del Garda from 23 to 24 March 2013.
The booklet, of which we publish some of the most important passages, is very useful for a number of reasons. The first is that by now few are familiar with the use of weapons. We don't know if it's good or bad, but someone who goes hunting today doesn't have the culture of guns and has to learn everything from scratch.
The second is that too those who know very well weapons do not always know how to use them correctly. Most of today's hunters have done military service, given that the average age is 57, but in the absence of procedures and discipline can commit dangerous distractions. Finally, the predatory euphoria needs to be controlled with the help of other older colleagues. And with experience.
The brochure has 38 color pages and was printed on matt coated paper to favor the reading of the text rather than the visibility of the images, which are clearly exemplary. The topics are presented by chapters, each of which has a title, a summary, a text with a communicative logic with closed answers (yes-no). Opens with the general description of the danger that the weapons represent in themselves, continues with the instructions on how to keep them at home, their maintenance (even that small one, like looking if the barrel is free), their transport (difference between carrying and carrying a weapon), loading and unloading a weapon, when and how to shoot, the various types of hunting and, finally, the responsibilities of the hunter.
Regarding this last chapter, everyone remembered that an error in hunting almost always produces dramatic damage with criminal consequences. Any injuries or killings (fortunately in Trentino they are few compared to the rest of the country thanks to the particular hunting that takes place here) are at least unintentional, but someone would like a specific crime to be established for the careless hunter.
14 March 2013
Source: L'Adigetto