Austria's chancellor vows to toughen gun laws after a deadly school shooting

Austria's chancellor vows to toughen gun laws after a deadly school shooting

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Austria's chancellor vows to toughen gun laws after a deadly school shooting

VIENNA (AP) — Austria will toughen its gun laws, its chancellor said Monday, 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. 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 used a shotgun and a pistol which he owned legally, police said shortly…

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