Austria’s chancellor says his country will toughen its gun laws after a 21-year-old former student killed nine students and a teacher at his school last week in what’s considered the Alpine country’s deadliest post-war attack.
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Flowers and candles are laid outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. A police officer guards the entrance of a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding 10 people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Students stand outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. People commemorate the victims of a shooting at a school, where a former student opened fire two days before, at the central square in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. People commemorate the victims of a shooting at a school, where a former student opened fire two days before, at the central square in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Women with flowers arrive at a school where a former student opened fire two days before, in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Women with flowers arrive at a school where a former student opened fire two days before, in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. People and police officers gather near candles and flowers outside a school where a former student opened fire two days before, in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. People and police officers gather near candles and flowers outside a school where a former student opened fire two days before, in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Flowers and candles are laid outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Flowers and candles are laid outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. A police officer guards the entrance of a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding 10 people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. A police officer guards the entrance of a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding 10 people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Students stand outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Students stand outside a school where a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. killed nine students and a teacher at his school last week in what’s considered the Alpine country’s deadliest post-war attack. The shooting had sparked a debate about Austria’s gun laws, which are among the more liberal in the European Union. The assailant in Graz“Access to weapons must be regulated even more responsibly in Austria,” Christian Stocker said during a speech in Parliament in Vienna. The new laws will include “stricter eligibility requirements for gun ownership and restrictions for certain risk groups,” the chancellor said, adding that data-sharing between the different authorities would be improved as well. “In the future, wherever an individual risk situation is identified, consequences under firearms law must be drawn automatically,” Stocker said. The chancellor said his Cabinet would pass the new measures later this week but didn’t give any further details. However, on Saturday, Stocker told public broadcaster ORF that toughening the laws could include raising the minimum age for gun buyers.Supreme Court tosses Mexico’s $10B lawsuit claiming US gunmakers have fueled cartel violenceTraditionally, many in Austria hold weapons, which they often use to go hunting in the Alpine country’s vast forests. In general, it’s more common to carry a weapon for that and less for self-defense. According to the Small Arms Survey, Austria ranks 12th in the world when it comes to holding civilian firearms, with 30 firearms per 100 residents. That’s far less than in the U.S. which tops the ranking with 120 firearms per 100 residents, but more than Austria’s neighbor Germany, which ranked 23rd with 19 firearms per 100 residents. In Austria, some weapons, such as rifles and shotguns that must be reloaded manually after each shot, can be purchased from the age of 18 without a permit. Gun dealers only need to check if there’s no weapons ban on the buyer, and the weapon is added to the central weapons register. Other weapons, such as repeating shotguns or semi-automatic firearms, are more difficult to acquire. Buyers need a gun ownership card and a firearms pass. Austria Press Agency has reported that the suspect had a gun ownership card, but this document merely entitles a holder to acquire and possess, but not to carry weapons such as the handgun. That weapon also would have required a firearm pass.and that police would increase their presence in front of schools until the end of the school year this summer.Grieshaber is a Berlin-based reporter covering Germany and Austria for The Associated Press. 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