Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl

• Tau@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As far as I’m aware there isn’t a thriving jungle expedition scene in Victoria

  You don’t know what people actually use machetes for, but they look scary so lets make a snide comment suggesting there’s no reason to have them. That’s exactly the sort of knee jerk reaction which makes for dumb laws like this.

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  • Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “You don’t know what people actually use machetes for”

    There was actually this really cool news story that just came out about what people are actually using them for

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    • Tau@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There was actually this really cool news story that just came out about what people are actually using them for

      There’s been this really cool news story recently about what people are using foraged mushrooms for, better ban doing that pronto because it’s clearly dangerous and there’s no chance anyone else is doing it safely…

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