XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.politics.trump, alt.politics.democrats.d   
   XPost: or.politics   
   From: j63840576@gmail.com   
      
   Barry Lewis wrote:   
   > On 15 Dec 2025, Klaus  Schadenfreude   
   >  posted some   
   > 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).   
   >   
   > Wouldn't it be more sensible to stop letting those using the machetes   
   > into the country in the first place?  The only places it's going to   
   > matter will be the cities.  Every place else they'll ignore it like   
   > they did the gun ban.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Because people don't make laws based on whether they will be ignored.   
      
   --   
   xGytDsqkQY8   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)