From: delcecchiofthenorth@gmail.com   
      
   "Chilla"  wrote in message   
   news:4b14d7e9$0$1781$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
   > Steve Thompson wrote:   
   >   
   >>>It was to do with a very large wasted steel knife.  I must admit I   
   >>>gave that knife a bagging, I didn't use the term "crowbar", but I   
   >>>came close.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Say, if I file down 1/2 of a crowbar and give it an edge does that   
   >> make it technically a knife?  Could I file a patent claim for such   
   >> a   
   >> thing?   
   >   
   > Patent, not sure, but I am making a can opener our of a crowbar... I   
   > came from a comment about a guy using a screwdriver and a hammer to   
   > open a tin of peaches.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>Regardless the point in America is that a knife is pretty much   
   >>>useless, as you can carry guns.  And we're not talking pop-guns   
   >>>either.  Some of the street legal ordinance would be at home at a   
   >>>minor military action.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> It bothers me sometimes to think of all the crazy right-wing   
   >> middle-American zealots running around with all that firepower and   
   >> bad   
   >> head work in such close proximity.  Say guys, don't forget to   
   >> engage   
   >> the safety on your pieces before you put them in your belts.   
   >   
   > Don't mind me, I'm just parroting stuff I've seen in American Police   
   > shows like "Cops" etc.   
   >   
   > Just a question, what "can't" you get in the way of firearms.  I saw   
   > on Mythbusters the other day a 50 cal. rifle.  It made a big boom   
   > :-O   
      
   The main types of guns that are unlawful are fully automatic ones   
   (machine guns) and shotguns with barrels less than 18 inches (sawed   
   off or short barrelled shotguns).  I am pretty sure cannons and   
   artillery pieces are also unlawful but I am not sure what category   
   they fall under.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >>>We've never really had guns here in Australia, our population is   
   >>>small enough that we don't need them for protection.  We don't even   
   >>>need knives for protection.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Rumour has it there's some special surprise legislation in the   
   >> works   
   >> for knife owners up here.  I can't imagine what it would be, but   
   >> chances are it won't affect noisy psychotic man-children much at   
   >> all.   
   >   
   > Knives are too entrenched in society for them ever to go.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>Target shooters, farmers/hunters and collectors are the only people   
   >>>that want/need them.   
   >>>   
   >>>Knives, apart from utility knives are really just for collectors.   
   >>>   
   >>>It's a different country with a different social culture.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> No doubt your former shooting population has diverted their   
   >> interest   
   >> in firearms to more wholesome pursuits.  Is it still popular to tie   
   >> an   
   >> abbo to the bonnet of your car and then go offroading through the   
   >> outback?  Or have they, too succumbed to the relentless march of   
   >> liberalism.   
   >   
   > The keen shooters, still have their guns, but under strict controls   
   > and regulations.   
   >   
   > Tie an abbo on the bonnet?  Aboriginal jokes died out in the late   
   > 70's. People still say them on occasion, but no one finds them   
   > funny.   
   >   
   > Well, as long as I get my steaks and beer, nothing else much matters   
   > ;-)   
   >   
   >   
   > Regards Charles   
   >   
      
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