President Sergio Mattarella said
Thursday that Italy must not be allowed to become like the Wild
West after a girl of Roma ethnicity was wounded by a air-gun
shot fired by a man from a Rome balcony.
"I was struck by a news story," Mattarella told reporters at
the so-called 'fan ceremony' before parliament's summer recess.
"Italy cannot resemble a Far West where someone buys a rifle
and shoots a one-year-old girl, ruining her health and her
future. This is barbarism and it must elicit indignation".
The opposition centre-left Democratic Party (PD) welcomed the
head of State's comments and linked them to Interior Minister
Matteo Salvini's proposal to bolster legitimate self defence
rules for the victims of crime and make access to firearms
easier.
"President Mattarella is right," said PD leader Maurizio
Martina.
"Italy cannot become the Far West. No to easy weapons".
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