With Austria still reeling from this week's deadly school shooting that killed 10 people, a debate is now raging over the Alpine country's gun laws. The unprecedented case of deadly gun violence stunned the country of almost 9.

Officials will set stricter eligibility rules for possession and purchase of arms, Chancellor Christian Stocker said.

After an initial phase of shock and grief following the shooting rampage at a school in Graz, a debate about Austria's relatively liberal gun laws is now underway. So far, the Communists and the Greens have spoken out in favor of tightening the law,