The jurisprudence relating to the firearms license is enriched with a new and important sentence. The First Section of the Regional Administrative Court of Liguria he expressed himself on the appeal presented by a hunter against the decision of the Savona Police Headquarters which had denied him the release of the rifle port license. What exactly happened?
The man was charged with a conviction for embezzlement of use and extortion, a situation that would have undermined the reliability as regards the use of weapons. The hunter explained that he is the holder of the firearms license since 1968 without ever having abused the title: therefore, in his opinion the Police Headquarters had not taken into consideration this long period and the extinction of the sentence. According to the TAR, the impeding circumstances of the first paragraph ofarticle 43 of the TULPS require the reasons for which it is believed that the subject does not offer a full and safe guarantee on the weapons.
This person's crimes were found to be serious, but they only represent the basis of the judgment of reliability which is devolved to the public security authority. The reasons for denying the hunting license were considered insufficient, so the appeal was upheld and the decision of the Police Headquarters was canceled: the man will be able to get back his license.