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I am curious about the gun rights in Italy. Are all civilians allowed to own guns? Do they have to be registered or licensed? What about high capacity? I have always been interested in knowing the gun laws of other countries. Anyone who knows any interesting facts about gun laws abroad, please post here or start a thread.
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In Italy there is both licencing and registgration. You can buy everithing is classified "Common Firearms" in the National Catalogue of Firearms, issued by the government.
In this category there are weapons for hunting, selfdefence and target shooting.
AR15s are classified (due their cartridge and characteristics) like hunting rifles and you can own as many as you can buy.
Everytime you buy a weapon, within maximum 48 hours, you havo to register them to the nearest Police station. The same is for ammos or reloading powder.
There are three kinds of gun licence:
-Rifle for shooting
-Rifle for hunting
-Self defence (handguns only)
The first two are relatively common and easy to get, the third one is becaming harder and harder to get. Once you get a gun licence you can use it for 6 Years, but the Self defence you must renew once a year and every six month you should pass a shooting test.
To get a gun licence you should submit documentation to Police that you haven't criminal records, no drug or diseaese that can obstacle your capacity to will or understand even temporarly, and to be a member of a shooting club.
In these last days, a new law allow to buy compressed air guns with less than 75 joule of energy or muzzle load firearms without gun licence.