The sentence of the TAR Liguria
The judgments relating to the firearms license they are always sources of curious ideas, creating an inevitable debate. The striking example is the one that has been decided by the Regional Administrative Court of Liguria in recent days, given that the judges have confirmed the revocation of a citizen's license for a very particular reason.
Carabinieri and Prefecture
The man became the protagonist of the publication of a post on Facebook with self-harming contents, which is why the Carabinieri decided to withdraw the weapons in his possession. At the same time the Prefecture issued the provision relating to the revocation of the firearms license. The administrative judges explained their ruling.
The applicant's explanation
This is what can be read in the text: "For the purposes of revoking the authorization and prohibiting the possession of weapons and ammunition, it is not necessary that a specific abuse of weapons by the applicant has been ascertained, but the existence of circumstances that demonstrate that the latter is not completely reliable is sufficient. to their use. The motivation of the provision does not appear illogical or clearly incorrect, which relies on the tenor of a message that can well be understood as revealing a situation of serious mental imbalance and that was correctly considered symptomatic of inadequacy to possess weapons.". According to the man, it would have been a simple outburst, misinterpreted and caused by a family disagreement.