I noticed today off an Austrian news site (Der Standard)....there is political chatter about this draft law they are writing.....over foreigners and knives. It's a short piece but it has a curious slant to it.
The Austrians are facing the same issues with an immigrant population showing up in criminal statistics with a high rate of knife assaults.
So down in Vienna....there is a draft being written which suggest a general ban will occur on foreigners in the country have knives in their possession.
You would have to be a citizen or have a permanent residence visa.....to carry any type of stabbing or slashing weapon.
This would all go toward section 11 a of the Arms Act of the law.
Now saying there is a draft, and getting it passed....are two different things. But lets assume they pass this, and tomorrow....it's illegal as a foreigner in the country to have any type of knife in your possession unless you have a permanent visa.....will it really change the statistics? That's an unknown.
The curious thing is that cop patrol could stop two guys...finding both have temp visas (not the permanent ones), and both have knives. The cops could drag the two into court.....give both real jail-time (six months), and provide enough verbage to ensure they never get a permanent visa.
The odds of something like this happening in Germany? Right now today? Zero chance. But I could imagine in a year or two.....folks start to suggest some additional rules because of stabbings, and you see some German states pick up this idea and examine it.
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