Prohibit firearms or laisser-faire? The teachings from Graz – Diepresse.com
After the killing spree in Graz, the weapons law and psychological tests should be re -sharpened. However, a weapon ban for all private individuals would be exhausting. Sensible reforms have already been followed on a bloody deed in Austria.
Why did the bloody act happen? How can this be prevented in the future? These questions are always asked about assassinations and amo runs. This was also the case in 1995 when a man in the Linz-Urfahr district court shot five people and himself. First of all, the bloody deed led to the lashes of security standards raised in the dishes and gradually introduced in the way.
Second, she influenced the one as a result of the EU-Contribution of the necessary reform of weapons law, which then came in the form of the 1996 Weapons Act. If you want to buy a weapon that is subject to approval, you have to explain that you are not prone to dealing with weapons carelessly or lightly by means of a psychological report. The FPÖ and the liberal forum rejected such tightening. The liberals mocked that the « psychotest » assumes that all potential weapons buyers are « pathological ».