The Austrian coalition government is taking steps to tighten gun laws after shooting a deadly school, which surprised the country last week.
A 21 -year -old gunman killed 10 people and then he was legally owned by his former high school using a shotgun and a shotgun pistol at his former high school in the southern city of Graz.
Austria has left a relative on the purchase of firearms compared to other European countries, and shooting has inspired the government to tighten some rules.
Current rules allow gun purchases for any adult, which have not been banned from being the owner of weapons. Meanwhile, a gun allows a psychological test and a minimum age of 21 to purchase a glock.
Minimal age
The Austrian Chancellor Christian stocker on Wednesday introduced some of the proposed reforms during a press conference after a cabinet meeting in Vienna.
“We … promised that we will not go back to business as usual and we would attract the correct clushes from this crime, which we have,” the stocker said.
“The decision of today’s cabinet shows that we are fulfilling that responsibility,” said.
At the top of the list, at the age of 21 to 25 years, the minimum age is increasing to buy dangerous guns.
The waiting period between the purchase and receptor of a firrt will be raised from three days to four weeks. The newly released gun permits are scheduled to end after eight years.
Emphasis on mental health
Psychological tests required for gun owners have to be more emphasis.
The government has planned to increase the number of school psychologists over the next three years.
“In the future, school psychology should no longer be exception, but the rules,” the stocker said.
The Chancellor stated that the objective is to identify potential threats in an early stage and especially access to dangerous weapons.
The attacker failed to test a psychological screening test for military service, but the armed forces have not currently been determined to share that information.
With the thesis lines, the government said that better data transfer between armed forces and gun regulatory agencies is another measure that will ensure that this information is considered in gun permit applications.
Vice Chancellor Andreas Baller said, “Anyone who is dangerous should not be allowed to fire firearms for any loop.”
The shooter’s possible motifs are investigated.
Edited by: ZAC Crellin
