5.6mm or a case longer than 40mm, overall length more than 60 cm and a barrel length more than 30 cm. Shooting sports license With a shooting sports license, citizens are allowed to transport (unloaded and stored in a proper case) firearms from their home to an authorized shooting range or to another safe place to practice shooting, which, in case of a private place, must be reasonably distant from roads and inhabited areas, and not accessible by unauthorized people. Just like any other gun license, the shooting sports license is valid nationwide: the shooter can thus transport his/her gun anywhere through the national territory, although said guns can only be used in the aforementioned designated places and must never be left unattended during transportation. Concealed carry license A concealed carry license allows a citizen to carry a handgun for personal defense; this license is usually much harder to obtain than the other two firearm licenses, must be renewed yearly (while the hunting and shooting sports licences are valid for 6 years), and the applicant has to provide a valid reason to carry a concealed gun (e.g. a salesperson of valuable goods such as jewelry). A special carry license is released to private security personnel; this license differs from the standard carry licenses in that it has to be renewed every two years and a lower tax to pay for the release. Open-carry of handguns is not explicitly forbidden by the law, but it is de facto permitted only to on-duty security personnel. The prefects, magistrates can buy and carry guns for self-defense without Concealed Carry License. General limitation to weapons Italian weapon and gun laws impose restriction upon kind of firearms, Calibers, and magazine available to civilians, also including limitation to cold weapons, especially in relation to the purpose and place. Italian laws distinguish weapons into proper and improper weapons, and the first into white weapons and fire weapons. Improper weapons include objects and tools that are not designed to be weapons but can be used as such. Italian law prohibits carrying them in public places, especially hospitals, stadiums, events, squares, and so on. This category also includes pointed and cutting tools) such as screwdrivers, kitchen knives), baseball bats, and golf clubs. Penal sentences exist for forgotten baseball bats and other object forgotten in the trunk. The penal charge is called "unjustified carrying of improper weapon" (Porto abusivo di