Hunting and Weapons: the European Commission has decided to seek the opinion of citizens of the European territory on the issue of the spread of firearms to reduce their risks.
With a view to reducing the risks associated with the criminal use of firearms on the territory of the Union, the European Commission - as can be read on the website presenting the initiative - "wishes to consult citizens and stakeholders on interventions necessary to reduce the threat of firearms in the EU.
The contributions sent will feed into the communication that the Commission is preparing for adoption at the end of this year and will be integrated into any future legislative proposals and other initiatives ”. We believe it is very important that those who, such as hunters and sport shooters, make a conscious, legal, carefully and strictly regulated use of firearms express their opinion so as not to leave free rein to those who could take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Commission for a instrumental and ideologically biased use against sporting weapons and their use.
This is the link to the page in Italian where you can answer the questionnaire, consisting of 25 short and simple questions: https://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=ReduceFirearmsRisk&lang=it .
2 May 2013
Hunting Federation