Anpam: the abolition of the national catalog of common firearms was expressly requested by Europe through a recent infringement procedure, the 2336/11 / Italy, and makes us conform to other European countries.
The abolition does not allow for any "liberalization" or "deregulation" because the weapons on sale are already cataloged by the ordinary national and European law and will always be tested and approved by the National Test Bench. Its use had already been rendered useless by previous community laws and measures.
The repeal of the Catalog of common firearms envisaged by the stability bill presented for discussion in Parliament was expressly requested by Europe through a recent infringement procedure, the 2336/11 / Italy. The Catalog is therefore contrary to Community law and its repeal aligns our discipline of sporting, hunting and defense weapons to that existing in other European countries (in particular to that provided for in major producing countries such as Germany, Austria, Belgium, France). .
The abolition of the catalog does not in any way constitute a liberalization, because citizens will not be able to possess weapons substantially different from the nearly 20.000 models cataloged. In fact, the categories of common firearms already provided for by law, which can be held by authorized citizens, remain unchanged, already in line with the provisions of the European directive and the other countries of the Union.
The catalog of common weapons has indeed become an obsolete and useless tool since the definition and distinction of common weapons from military ones (therefore those that can and cannot be held by citizens) has already been developed by a series of rules, starting with law no. 9 of 1990 July 185, passing through the Decree of the Minister of Defense of 13 June 2003 up to the Directive 2009/43 / EC of the European Parliament and the careful specification of war weapons by the ordinary law.
Furthermore, nothing changes with respect to the fact that the weapons for sale are already cataloged and approved by ordinary national and European law and will always be tested and approved by the National Test Bench.
The measure will only have the effect of removing a cost that was borne only by Italian producers, particularly disadvantaged by the slowness of the cataloging process for the launch of new products, and is destined to increase Italy's competitiveness in a sector which, despite the crisis, remains of excellence.
Source: ANPAM - National Association of Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers