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   From: barrylewis@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 15 Dec 2025, Webbster  posted some   
   news:10hqp1c$2dqam$2@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Klaus  Schadenfreude  @gmail.com> wrote in   
   > news:e8r0kk5b4arq96987pdtkv2o216je6ng5v@Is.Rudy.Canoza.dead.yet   
   > .com:   
   >   
   >> [Default]  Webbster  typed:   
   >>   
   >>>Klaus  Schadenfreude  @gmail.com> wrote   
   >>>in   
   > news:inrvjk53b7ren0jptlv46hv1v4c615vdio@Is.Rudy.Canoza.dead.yet   
   > .com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Australia's Machete Amnesty WORKS! None killed with machete   
   >>>> on Bondi Beach!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Australian state rolls out machete ‘disposal bins’ ahead of   
   > ban   
   >>>>   
   >>>> An Australian state has asked citizens to surrender   
   >>>> machetes at disposal bins ahead of a statewide ban on the   
   >>>> weapons aimed at combating knife crime.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Australia’s state of Victoria on Thursday announced that   
   > more than 40   
   >>>> machete disposal bins will be available at police stations   
   > across the   
   >>>> state to allow citizens to safely get rid of the weapons   
   > without a   
   >>>> penalty before the Sept. 1 ban begins.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> “Owning, carrying, using, buying, or selling a machete   
   > without a valid   
   >>>> exemption or approval will be a criminal offense,” the   
   >>>> Victorian government said in a statement.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The government is running a “Machete Amnesty” period from   
   > Sept. 1 to   
   >>>> Nov. 30 to support the safe disposal of machetes. Those who   
   > do not   
   >>>> surrender their machetes during the amnesty period may face   
   >>>> imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of more than   
   > $47,000 AUD   
   >>>> ($31,725 US dollars).   
   >>>   
   >>>KKKlaun continues his goulish dance of glee that AU had a   
   > notible mass   
   >>>shooting after so many years. He celebrated not the hero that   
   > disarmed   
   >>>one of the attackers, rather he finds glee in the number of   
   > dead and wounder.   
   >>   
   >> Baxter is too fucking stupid to realize they had a mass   
   > shooting in   
   >> OCTOBER of this year.   
   >>   
   >============   
   > Prior to the passage of the NFA [National Firearms Agreement],   
   > Australia had millions of guns.   
   >   
   >     The NFA did not stop all gun violence.   
   >   
   >     But it seriously curbed the kind of random gun violence   
   > that is most preventable. And it all but eliminated mass   
   > shootings.   
      
   Whereupon the human element simply changed the engines of violence and   
   death to knives, hammers, bats, automobiles and machetes.   
      
   "Compliance and Challenges   
   Despite its initial success, there have been concerns regarding   
   compliance with the NFA. Reports indicate that no Australian state or   
   territory fully adheres to the NFA's provisions, with some jurisdictions   
   relaxing restrictions over time. This has raised questions about the   
   long-term effectiveness of the agreement in maintaining public safety"   
   -University of Sydney.   
      
   So nothing solved except honest citizens disarmed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)