Six weapons that he kept in his home in Vercelli were confiscated from Emanuele Pozzolo, technically not a seizure, just as it is not a revocation of the gun license. The procedure began two days ago, after Pozzolo’s registration on the suspect register was formalized by Biella City Council, which is responsible for the territory because the deputy is a resident of Campiglia Cervo. The mini revolver, brought by Pozzolo to the party, is being examined at the RIS in Parma. The bullet extracted from the left thigh of the injured man who was hospitalized in Biella and discharged with a 10-day prognosis was also seized. You can bet that among the questions that will be asked to Giorgia Meloni today during what was supposed to be the press conference at the end of the year and which later, due to the worm that hit the Prime Minister, became the conference at the beginning of the year, there will also be that of Emanuele Pozzolo.
The FdI deputy who fired a shot at the New Year’s Eve party in Rosazza, in the province of Biella, wounding Luca Campana, husband of the daughter of one of the men escorting Andrea Delmastro. The Undersecretary of Justice was present at the party organized by his sister Francesca, mayor of Rosazza. «I don’t know anything about the dynamics because I wasn’t present when the event happened and when I returned everything had already happened» explains Delmastro. Pozzolo could be suspended in the coming days, while he is under investigation for crimes of negligent injury, dangerous ignitions and explosions and failure to keep weapons, he was subjected to the Stub examination by the police and investigators carried out scientific investigations within the Proloco premises for identification of gunpowder residue. However, Marco Romanello, Campana’s lawyer, announced that “in the next few days we will evaluate: there are two months left to file a complaint”.
Now the deputy can present his counterarguments against the mayor’s provision. In case of non-acceptance, the carabinieri will receive rifles and pistols. At that moment, Pozzolo will be able to appeal to the TAR and subsequently to the President of the Republic. But why did Pozzolo have a gun? After threats on the web from representatives close to the Iranian government for the deputy’s support of the resistance against the Tehran government, he received the “weapons license for personal defense” on December 12 by the Biella City Council led by Silvana D’Agostino. License that adds to the one Pozzolo already has to own weapons, a pistol and four rifles, but only for sporting use. «Vgr», radioconnected generic surveillance, the first form of protection, is established for Pozzolo.
It is not a real escort, but it allows passage during patrol shifts of the police and carabinieri under the deputy’s house and in frequented places. Meanwhile, the opposition attacks the majority, also demanding Delmastro’s resignation. Debora Serracchiani declared: “Pozzolo’s resignation? A deputy who goes with a loaded gun to a New Year’s party where there are children is an entirely political event, it should not be classified as news or a judicial event. A representative of the Republic cannot allow himself to behave in certain ways.” Riccardo Magi, secretary of Più Europa, calls for the repression of weapons: «On this we await a position from President Meloni at tomorrow’s press conference, as well as more generally on the phenomenon of the circulation of legally held weapons, which are each increasingly frequently instruments of homicide and femicide in particular.” Chiara Appendino, from M5S, highlights how they are “running out of words for this immoral and arrogant government that shows total contempt for the Italian people”.
Source: IL Tempo
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