Impossible. Guns are outlawed in the EU. Never happened.
Italy, especially in the south, is awash in handguns and sawed off shotguns. The Polizia and Carabinieri are not interested in making enemies of the Italian people by tracking citizens determined to exact rough justice.
There are as many large delivery trucks in Italy as in France. What’s sauce for the goose.....
“It takes just one man.”