Overview

• Austria will raise the minimum age for gun permits from 21 to 25.
• The cooling-off period for all firearm purchases will increase from three working days to four weeks.
• Newly issued gun permits will expire after eight years, and a separate permit category for those under 25 is being formulated.
• Psychological evaluations for permit applicants will become more stringent, and the armed forces must share failed screening results with weapons regulators.
• The government will expand school-based psychological counseling and sustain a heightened police presence at schools through the end of the school year.