Fear in the emergency room of the Ozieri hospital where the staff on duty , busy helping a 50-year-old who fell ill after getting drunk, found , hidden under the man's clothes, a large metal pistol complete with magazine, cartridges and with one shot in the barrel .
The alarm was immediately raised and the police were called, who upon arrival verified that it was in reality a "dog scarer", but from which the red occlusive cap required by law had been removed and therefore potentially dangerous if a accidental blow.
The man, an unemployed man originally from Mores, justified the presence of the weapon to the police as "personal defense", a justification which did not prevent him from being reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Sassari and having the weapon seized.
The 50-year-old is not even new to such behavior: two months ago he was reported for the same reason and another blank pistol was confiscated from which, once again, he had removed the red cap required by law.
(Unioneonline/vl)
