Originally Posted by
Coolthulhu
You seem confused about a great deal of things. I'll bold them out and address them in order.
1) National (TSN) facilities can't store privately-owned weapons. They only keep some for training, and for people to rent. It follows that if a national entity can't do that, neither can private shooting ranges. So where exactly should people keep there weapons if not in their homes?
2) Gun carry licenses are extremely hard to obtain, they're probably between 15 and 20k as I write, and, unlike sporting ones, are only given to people who can prove to have an actual need for them (judges, magistrates, politically-exposed, people who have to handle large amount of precious goods such as jewellers, gun dealers, and private security [different rules apply for the latter, including mandatory training sessions]). Carry (self-defense) licenses are different to sporting licenses, in that they allow one to actually carry guns, so I have no idea what you're talking about when you say they "cheated". In other words, a person with a sporting license can't stroll around town with a holstered weapon, a person with a self-defense license can.
3) I don't see any problem there, sporting membership expires each year, whereas sporting licenses expire every 5 years (used to be 6). One could take a year off, or quit but still want to retain his weapons for home defense or collecting purposes, or even just to indulge in the occasional plinking session.
4) One's personal opinion doesn't really matter much - my personal experience is different, for instance. Most of the Italian people I know have nothing against firearms, and all of my Italian friends are left-wing, one's even an actual tankie.
5) Again, you are pretty confused as to how gun control works. No weapon disappear from any record whatsoever, even after a gun license or a nulla osta expires. That's because they're different documents - a gun license or a nulla osta allows you to buy a weapon, but you then have to go and register it (on a separate document of which the police retains a copy). This document, called a "denuncia di armi e materiali esplodenti", is extremely detailed (you must list all of your weapons, where they're kept, their serial and cat. number, barrel numbers if multiple barrels are owned, as well as other situational stuff such as "oversized" mags [>10 for rifles, >20 for handguns), and of course number and cal. of ammo and gunpowder [for those who reload or make their own cartridges/shells]) and it never expires. As a matter of fact, those who don't have a gun license but legally keep weapons regardless must periodically provide the authorities with the same certificate of good psycho-physical health (license owners don't, obviously, because it's the same exact certificate required to obtain or renew a gun license). In any case, no weapon disappears from any record.
6) That's your personal experience - which doesn't account for much, mine for instance is quite different, but I refrain from making blanket statements such as "all lefties are anti-gun". Also, something doesn't add up: you said that weapons are not a thing in Italy, but there are not one but many stereotypes about gun owners? How does that work, and why are you being racist towards people from Veneto? Last but not least, it might surprise you to know that people known to be associated with neo-fascist movements are typically denied gun licenses, even sporting ones - which is why the modern italian neo-fascists' hallmark weapons are clubs, knives and in the more extreme cases, illegal firearms.
7) The similarities lie in the thought process, i.e. generalization and preconceived views based on political (and even regional, apparently) bias.