No mas rifles semiautomatico de aspecto militar en Italia
Publicado: 27 Jul 2011 13:52
Buenas,
Esta información circula por la red y proviene FISAT, la asociacion de aficionados a las armas en Italia.
Parece ser que se ha vetado en Italia por lo que aqui seria "la comision interministerial", la importacion y fabricación (ojo no la venta y posesión) de rifles semiautomaticos con cargador separable de aspecto militar, mejor dicho, de aquellos rifles semiautomaticos de uso civil y apariencia militar cuyo cargador pueda ser compatible con la version militar de la que derivan, es decir en la practica todos ellos, desde un AR15 hasta un AK.
Según dicha nota, los grandes fabricantes italianos (Beretta, Tanfoglio, Benelli y Pedersoli), que curiosamente forman parte de dicha comisión ministerial, que es la que cataloga las armas que se pueden comercializar para uso civil en Italia, han votado a favor de tal prohición, como ninguno de ellos comercializan este tipo de rifles, pues han decidido quitar el derecho a poseerlos por parte de los aficionados italianos.
Saludos,
Dear gun enthusiast friends in the US
I am writing as an Italian fellow gun enthusiast to inform you of what is happening in Italy and possibly have your help.
Italian law permits Italian citizens to have military lookalike guns (like AR15 or AK) semi-autos but each model must be previously accepted by a state commission very similar to the one of California.
The Commission is composed of Ministry of Interior officials, police officials and members from the most important gun makers like Beretta, Benelli, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli Firearms as representatives of the industry and market; admitted guns are filed in a catalog and after that can be imported, sold or manufactured in Italy.
After a meeting of the Commission on 23 and 24 March 2011, the Ministry of Interior notified gun shops and importers that military lookalike guns whose magazine is compatible with their military counterparts, will be no longer be importable or manufactured. In fact it now forbids possession of new AR15 guns in Italy.
After this, the Italian shooters association, FISAT, filed a freedom of information act and, after obtaining a copy of the papers of the meeting, discovered that the Commission decision to ban AR15 guns had been taken unanimously, including the vote of Beretta, Benelli, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli Firearms representatives together with the representative of the gun shops association, which obviously is controlled by Beretta.
None of these manufacturers produces or imports military lookalike weapons, thus getting a distinct market advantage at the expense of Italian citizens’ liberties to possess and use this kind of firearms.
This is intolerable and Italian gun enthusiasts are appealing this in court; in the meantime we ask you to write to Benelli , Beretta, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli US distributors to tell them what happened and that your contempt about this.
We thank you for your support, our firearms freedom depends on you.
Benelli Italy: marketing@benelli.it
Pedersoli Firearms info@davidepedersoli.com
Tanfoglio commerciale@tanfoglio.it
Esta información circula por la red y proviene FISAT, la asociacion de aficionados a las armas en Italia.
Parece ser que se ha vetado en Italia por lo que aqui seria "la comision interministerial", la importacion y fabricación (ojo no la venta y posesión) de rifles semiautomaticos con cargador separable de aspecto militar, mejor dicho, de aquellos rifles semiautomaticos de uso civil y apariencia militar cuyo cargador pueda ser compatible con la version militar de la que derivan, es decir en la practica todos ellos, desde un AR15 hasta un AK.
Según dicha nota, los grandes fabricantes italianos (Beretta, Tanfoglio, Benelli y Pedersoli), que curiosamente forman parte de dicha comisión ministerial, que es la que cataloga las armas que se pueden comercializar para uso civil en Italia, han votado a favor de tal prohición, como ninguno de ellos comercializan este tipo de rifles, pues han decidido quitar el derecho a poseerlos por parte de los aficionados italianos.
Saludos,
Dear gun enthusiast friends in the US
I am writing as an Italian fellow gun enthusiast to inform you of what is happening in Italy and possibly have your help.
Italian law permits Italian citizens to have military lookalike guns (like AR15 or AK) semi-autos but each model must be previously accepted by a state commission very similar to the one of California.
The Commission is composed of Ministry of Interior officials, police officials and members from the most important gun makers like Beretta, Benelli, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli Firearms as representatives of the industry and market; admitted guns are filed in a catalog and after that can be imported, sold or manufactured in Italy.
After a meeting of the Commission on 23 and 24 March 2011, the Ministry of Interior notified gun shops and importers that military lookalike guns whose magazine is compatible with their military counterparts, will be no longer be importable or manufactured. In fact it now forbids possession of new AR15 guns in Italy.
After this, the Italian shooters association, FISAT, filed a freedom of information act and, after obtaining a copy of the papers of the meeting, discovered that the Commission decision to ban AR15 guns had been taken unanimously, including the vote of Beretta, Benelli, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli Firearms representatives together with the representative of the gun shops association, which obviously is controlled by Beretta.
None of these manufacturers produces or imports military lookalike weapons, thus getting a distinct market advantage at the expense of Italian citizens’ liberties to possess and use this kind of firearms.
This is intolerable and Italian gun enthusiasts are appealing this in court; in the meantime we ask you to write to Benelli , Beretta, Tanfoglio and Pedersoli US distributors to tell them what happened and that your contempt about this.
We thank you for your support, our firearms freedom depends on you.
Benelli Italy: marketing@benelli.it
Pedersoli Firearms info@davidepedersoli.com
Tanfoglio commerciale@tanfoglio.it