On a visit to Latvia, Prime Minister Al -Christson told reporters: “We have to make sure that only the right people in Sweden have a gun.”
Sweden Democrats said it had agreed to proposals to amend the law, including more restrictions on access to semi -automatic weapons.
The party said in a statement, “The horrific process of violence in Oravaro raises many important questions about gun legislation.”
AR -15, a special style of the semi -automatic rifle that is powerful and can take large magazines, the government has banned the example of weapons, which can be banned.
Police have not said exactly what weapons were used in the attack, but AR -15 has been used in many widespread firing in the United States.
He confirmed that several long rifles were found with 10 empty magazines at the site of the attack in Oriraba.
Under the current laws of the Swedish gun, any person over the age of 18 who does not have a criminal record can apply for a permit for shotgun, handgun or semi -automatic rifle.
They should justify the police why they need a gun. Over 20 years of age can apply for a special distribution to own a fully automatic weapon.
According to Swedish Broadcaster SVT data, about 1080,000 Sweden has a weapons license out of a population of 10.5 million.
The Swiss study of 2017 reported that ordinary citizens in Sweden had about 2.3 million guns. It has 23 guns of every 100 people, while 29 in Norway and 120 per 100 in the United States.
To get a hunting license in Sweden, a theory and practical test is needed. About 280,000 Swedish has one.
Police have not yet publicly identified the victims of the attack in Oriraba, but said they hope to end the identity process and announce Friday.
According to family and community members, the dead included Syrians who fled the war as refugees, as well as a Bosnia.
Police have still said nothing about the killer’s possible purpose. Members of the Syrian Orthodox Community in Aurro told the BBC that they feared they were hating foreigners.
Sweden has a relatively high -level gun property and gun crime, according to European standards, though most weapons are legally owned and used for hunting.
Gun Crime is mostly associated with groups, who have also used bombs to target each other.
The non -gang -related gun crime is less rare, and Tuesday’s attack was the country’s first school firing and its worst worst firing. In 2015 and 2022, a total of four people were killed in two separate school warnings.
