cross-posted from: quokk.au/post/6390494
The Victorian government will ban the sale of machetes from Wednesday after a gang brawl at a shopping centre.
Two males were arrested and another was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition after the incident at Northlands shopping centre.
naught101@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can make one with an angle grinder and about half an hour. This is dumb.
Absolutely carrying them around town should be illegal, but they are super useful in rural settings.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you ban the tool, people who legitimately use the tool are harmed, and the people who abuse the tool will just find something else.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s not like it’s banned across Canada. They will still be available elsewhere on the island even.
This is just as dumb as local city and state gun laws in the US. Gun nuts point at them and point out how they don’t work. Like no shit they don’t work when you can just drive for 20 mins and get one.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
You can still use it companies just can’t sell them anymore
GluWu@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Are lawn mowers now banned for being full auto machetes?
Echinoderm@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
A lawnmower fight at a shopping centre would be… different.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I legitimately don’t know the specific use case of a machete, what is it?
InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rural NSW bushland - heaps of people around here have machetes and cane knives. Useful for cutting through vines, small saplings, lantana, etc. My cane knife is probably my 3rd most used tool when doing outdoor work on my property.