Who Is Allowed to Own Weapons in Austria – and Should that Change?

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The mayor of Graz, Elka Kahr, demands a complete ban on firearms for private persons after the bloodshed of a 21-year-old in a school.

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Following the school shooting in Graz, the federal chairman of the German Police Union (GdP), Jochen Kopelke, is calling for stricter regulations in German gun laws. "We want simpler and stricter gun laws to ban firearms and knives from public areas," he told the "Rheinische Post" (Thursday edition). Overall, he said, German gun laws are too complex and incomprehensible. "Especially with regard to blank-firing pistols, imitation weapons, but als…

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As the mayor of Graz, she shows even after the cruel rampage that she is a political exception – empathic and genuine

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Heavy hours for the head of the city of Graz: Elke Kahr (KPÖ) praises the cohesion of the Grazians after the amok run at the Grazer BORG Dreierschützengasse, thanks the operatives and considers a general weapons ban for private individuals necessary.

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The opinion that only the police should wear firearms has always represented Elke Kahr (KPÖ), as she says.

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After the amok run in a school in Graz with eleven dead, the mayor Elke Kahr (KPÖ) is affected. The incident is a "fearable tragedy". Lessons on the coming days should take place, but the material is not in the foreground.