Deputy Premier and Labour and
Industry Minister said Friday that his 5-Star Movement (M5S)
would not back a bill making it easier for people to buy
firearms.
"There is a bill signed by 70 MPs in parliament that seeks to
facilitate the purchase of weapons for self defence," Di Maio
said in a Facebook post.
"None of the Movement's elected representatives will vote for
it. None!
"Security certainly does not come via having more weapons on
the street, on the contrary. We are moving forward with the
contract of government, respecting the will of the citizens".
Sources in the League, the M5S's coalition partner, said the
party does not intend to force this issue and is satisfied after
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's law
expanding the right to legitimate self defence was definitively
approved on Thursday.
The source said that the bill to make weapons purchases
easier was "not a priority for the League" adding that: "we
achieved our goal yesterday".
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