Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) regards legal changes in Austria as necessary after the murderous Spree in Graz in Graz. “After such a crazy act we cannot go to the agenda,” he emphasized on Friday for the Interior Council of Ministers in Luxembourg (see video above).
The current state, for example, that due to data protection “the arms authorities do not have access to data from the positioning authorities” is “unbearable and, according to Karner, will not be able to stay”.
“General considerations”
In addition to a possible tightening of the weapon weapon, it is also possible through measures to increase the protection of the victim and the protection of the school. Karner: “Many areas are discussed. It will be necessary to make general considerations here.”
Many expressions of solidarity of EU colleagues
The State Criminal Police Position of Styria had to be taken to “determine all the background, and it is important that these results are also included in the consultation of the federal government. This was also clear to me that I participated in this interior meeting to advise myself bilaterally.
Bilateral conversations about experiences and consequences
However, he would also look for bilateral conversations with representatives from those countries in which similar actions have been in the past. “I will exchange ideas with these colleagues what consequences have been drawn here, what is needed, what should be done.” In particular, Karner, Sweden and the Czech Republic called France, Sweden (see incidents in the box above).
EU directive on minimal standards for weapons laws
In the EU there is a guideline for minimal standards for arms laws. The Austrian EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner did not want to determine whether they should be tightened up about this: “It is important to see what the research arises, you must draw the correct conclusions. Whether it is about sharpening at European level, whether the Member States benefit from their national possibilities, we will see that.”
More than 60,000 signatures for the prohibition of weapons for private individuals
Incidentally, more than 60,000 people have drawn the #aufstehn online attractive since Wednesday for an immediate ban on firearms for private individuals. The claim is aimed at Minister of the Interior Karner and the federal government. “Austria has one of the most loose weapons in Europe,” says Philine Dressler, head of campaign at #Afstehn. More than 1.5 million firearms are officially registered in Austrian private ownership, with increasing trends.
Source: Krone
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