48 denials out of 52 requests for new titles or renewals. This is the fate of the procedures for the issue of firearms licenses opened by the Ferrara Police Headquarters in 2019. The possession of weapons is a 'problem' that has surfaced in Ferrara in recent days after a man was denounced for threatening a courier with a gun, legitimately detained, at the height of an altercation and after an elderly man tragically attempted suicide by shooting himself with a rifle whose possession, moreover, had never been reported. What are the reasons that led to over 90% of requests for carrying of weapons for sporting purposes or for personal use or defense presented by the whole province to be quashed?
"Use of alcohol, mental problems - reports Commissioner Andrea Trombetta of the Pasi division of the State Police -, but also impedimental offenses, such as theft, or crimes against people, including for violence, threats or stalking. Or the denial comes after the precautionary withdrawal of the weapons already owned ”. In Ferrara and its province, between detention permits and firearms, the titles are about 6mila, for the most part requested, the commissioner still specifies, by elderly people, while the younger ones ask for a firearm license especially for sporting use. "Weapons are objects for which maximum attention is needed, starting with the holder", warns Manuela Napoli, manager of the division pasic.
"Even doctors must be careful, we must sensitize them", says Trombetta, who with the example of one of the last refusals arrived at the end of last year, explains why: "We gave a denial to a man who he had Parkinson's whose general practitioner had certified his psychophysical capacity the same day he had prescribed antispasmodics for the disease. That certificate misled the ASL and we found out because he called us and pointed out people who were wandering around his house and his wife explained to us that he suffered from hallucinations due to disease. We have sent everything to the public prosecutor's office for the evaluation of the case "(Estense.com).