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An Italian poster on AR15.com has just posted a picture of his new rifle, and in the process he was asked about Italian gun laws. This is what he said:
Besides ammo storage limits, their gun laws are actually more lenient than US California. I won't even start on Czech republic, where gun laws are generally on the par with freer US states. 
to reply to the gun laws question: they are a mess.
To buy any kind of firearm you need a license and you need to register the firearm and the ammo.
you candetain max 200 pistol rounds and max 1500 rifle/shotgun rounds, + 5kg gunpowder.
5,56x45mm weapons and ammo is illegal. .223 weapons and ammo are legal.
same goes with .308 and 7,62x51 so all weapons on civ market will be marked .308 and .223, same goes with ammo.
9mm para is illegal, so they created the 9x21mm IMI specifically to circumvent the law, so you can buy ANY 9mm gun, but itll be marked 9x21 (beretta, glock, walther, HK, SW Sig, you name it..) silencers are banned, modifying a weapon in any way that "incrases its lethality" (retarded definition by law.. practically shortening barrel, or cutting stock for example) will get you in serious trouble changing a standard grip for a hogue or adding a rail wont give you probs though.
weapons are classified with a magazine round count. Until 2 years ago magazines were strictly controlled and had to be registered ("i own x amount of y round mags for z pistol) ar15s used to be 5 or 10 max, now there have been some more liberal laws and theyre up to 29 (wtf, i know) but still you use a 30rounder.. you go to jail (noone cares though, nobody really checks and everybody uses them, for sport shooting in private clubs at any rate.)
magazines no longer need to be registered and can be bought and sold freely, so now you can easily buy 30 rounders (usually around 30 euros each) and even beta cmags if u have the money to waste.. always best not to be caught using them though..
you can own a maximum of 3 "common" weapons and 7 "sporting weapons" and infinite "hunting rifles" (any ar15 qualifies as hunting, since more recent laws, 2 years ago some were considered sporting rifles, for example just because they had a match barrel, and therefore would be in a limited number.
"common weapons" are generally defensive pistols. i cant own more than 3 beretta 98 for example, but i could still buy a smith & wesson compensated revolver with adjustable sights for example because it would be considered sporting.. blah blah.. ..its a bit complex and extremely retarded, but what matters is that you can own infinite ar 15s (YAY!)
im on my second, i think itll be a while before i reach infinte - heeehee
THAKS EVERYONE FOR THE COMMENTS! im so excited about this jewel!
To buy any kind of firearm you need a license and you need to register the firearm and the ammo.
you candetain max 200 pistol rounds and max 1500 rifle/shotgun rounds, + 5kg gunpowder.
5,56x45mm weapons and ammo is illegal. .223 weapons and ammo are legal.
same goes with .308 and 7,62x51 so all weapons on civ market will be marked .308 and .223, same goes with ammo.
9mm para is illegal, so they created the 9x21mm IMI specifically to circumvent the law, so you can buy ANY 9mm gun, but itll be marked 9x21 (beretta, glock, walther, HK, SW Sig, you name it..) silencers are banned, modifying a weapon in any way that "incrases its lethality" (retarded definition by law.. practically shortening barrel, or cutting stock for example) will get you in serious trouble changing a standard grip for a hogue or adding a rail wont give you probs though.
weapons are classified with a magazine round count. Until 2 years ago magazines were strictly controlled and had to be registered ("i own x amount of y round mags for z pistol) ar15s used to be 5 or 10 max, now there have been some more liberal laws and theyre up to 29 (wtf, i know) but still you use a 30rounder.. you go to jail (noone cares though, nobody really checks and everybody uses them, for sport shooting in private clubs at any rate.)
magazines no longer need to be registered and can be bought and sold freely, so now you can easily buy 30 rounders (usually around 30 euros each) and even beta cmags if u have the money to waste.. always best not to be caught using them though..
you can own a maximum of 3 "common" weapons and 7 "sporting weapons" and infinite "hunting rifles" (any ar15 qualifies as hunting, since more recent laws, 2 years ago some were considered sporting rifles, for example just because they had a match barrel, and therefore would be in a limited number.
"common weapons" are generally defensive pistols. i cant own more than 3 beretta 98 for example, but i could still buy a smith & wesson compensated revolver with adjustable sights for example because it would be considered sporting.. blah blah.. ..its a bit complex and extremely retarded, but what matters is that you can own infinite ar 15s (YAY!)
im on my second, i think itll be a while before i reach infinte - heeeheeTHAKS EVERYONE FOR THE COMMENTS! im so excited about this jewel!
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