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Strazzari, Francesco and Francesca Zampagni. 2018 ‘Firearms Licences - Italy.’ Between Organised Crime and Terrorism: Illicit Firearms Actors and Market Dynamics In Italy, pp. 243-244. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 1 January

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In Italy it is illegal to carry weapons in public places, but the law provides for different types of gun licences that are issued to applicants only after the conclusion of a formal, centralised procedure managed by the Ministry of the Interior.

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There are four types of nationally valid licences to carry firearms:

1. Hunting licence. This allows the licence holder to carry hunting weapons only during the hunting season and only in game reserves. When transporting them outside game reserves, the weapons must be kept unloaded and locked in their case.

2. Sports shooting licence. Licence holders are allowed to transport firearms unloaded and stored in a proper case from their home to an authorised shooting range or to another safe place to practise shooting. (…)

3. A licence to carry a concealed firearm (known as a licence for 'personal defence'). (…)

4. A special licence to carry for private security personnel. (…)

ID: Q15438

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