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   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Barry Lewis  wrote in news:10hts3f$edpn$1   
   @news.tcpreset.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.   
   >   
   >   
   And yet somehow AU gun deaths are far, far below the IS.  You claim it   
   hasn't worked, but quite obviously it has and you're wrong.   
      
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