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===Austria=== Beginning with the Austrian Arms Act of 1996<ref>Waffengesetz (1996): The 1996 version of the ''Waffengesetz'' appears to drop the switchblade from the category of prohibited weapons entirely, regardless of blade type: "Gegenüber der bisherigen Rechtslage sind nunmehr Waffen, mit denen ohne Verwendung von Patronen reizauslösende Mittel versprüht werden können, sowie Spring- und Fallmesser nicht mehr der Kategorie der verbotenen Waffen zuzurechnen ... Im Hinblick auf andere ebenso gefährliche Stichwaffen (z.B. Butterflymesser) und die Tatsache, dass Spring- und Fallmesser in den übrigen EU-Mitgliedstaaten keineswegs verboten sind und daher von Touristen und anderen Reisenden, in Unkenntnis des österreichischen Waffengesetzes, mitgebracht werden, ließ es zweckmäßig erscheinen, auch diese Waffen aus der Liste der verbotenen zu streichen."</ref> switchblades, like all other knives, are generally legal to buy, import, possess or carry, regardless of blade length or opening or locking mechanism.<ref name="Waffengesetz 1996">Waffengesetz (1996)</ref> The only exception are minors (defined as persons under the age of 18) and people who have been expressly banned from owning and carrying any weapon (''Waffenverbot''): both groups may only possess knives which are not considered "weapons" under the Arms Act, defined as "objects that by their very nature are intended to reduce or eliminate the defensive ability of a person through direct impact".<ref name="Waffengesetz 1996"/> Switchblades usually fall under that definition.<ref name="Waffengesetz 1996"/> In Austria the regulatory laws of individual states and the Assembly Act prohibit switchblades and other knives from being carried into a public building, school, public assembly, or public event.<ref>Jell, Sonja (Magistra) ''[http://www.messer-portal.com/basiswissen/messerwissen/messer-und-reisen/waffengesetz-messer-in-oesterreich Weapons Law: Knives in Austria]''</ref>
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