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Originally Posted by sasheo
what about bringing my gun with me do i need to do anything special like get a certificate at the airport or anything?
thanks for your help
Chris
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For
Shasheo:
Spearguns are not classified as weapons for the italian law: they're freely sold to anyone as common sport gear, and you can legally bring them around wherever you want. But one advice is useful: don't call or declare them as "guns", because if any airport operator hears of reads the word "gun", he will not resist the temptation to check it, and it will be a useless hassle and waste of time both for you and for him. If anybody asks, just say it's "fishing gear". That's it. Only one time in Milan airport my spearguns have been taken to the police office to be scanned, but no problem: I went there, they checked my guns and gave them back to me with no problem.
For
JPPLAY:
Yes, same regulations for lakes, with only two differences:
-in lakes you need a fishing license (cheap for foreign tourists, about 20 bucks), while in the sea you go free.
-in the three major italian lakes where spearfishing is allowed you can spear EVERY species of fish. But still in lakes (only in lakes, not in the sea) you can not spear a fish during the reproduction season of his species. For example, pike is barred this month because italian pikes are making love presently. We can start again to spear them from the 1st of April, when their reproduction season will be officially over. Nothing like this in the sea: you can shoot sea fish with eggs (but I rarely do, my choice)
