Italy Loosens Gun Laws as Matteo Salvini Polishes His Tough Guy Image
Emma Johanningsmeier - Fonte: The New York Times 07 novembre 2018 ROME — At a police convention in October, Matteo Salvini, the most powerful figure in Italy’s populist government, ran his hands over an enormous military-grade sniper rifle and posed with a submachine gun. Before elections this year, he campaigned at a gun show and signed a cooperation pledge with a group advocating looser gun laws in Italy. “It’s tradition,” Mr. Salvini said of hunting and responsible gun ownership when he signed the pledge. “It’s culture.” Italian culture, linked in the popular imagination with fine art, fashion and good...