Well, some of those are on the list are no brainers. Denis Leary's been raving about NyQuil for years. Tanks, warbirds and other armored military vehicles have had collectors and enthusiasts chasing after 'em for decades, it's the one of the main reasons behind the current gas-axe demilling of retired US gear, besides preventing certain countries geting their mits on a working M1A2 it's also to stop Tom Clancy from adding one to his collection.
As for that arsenal of military spec ordnance, you can forget even possessing the empty non-reusable launcher of any form of missile/AT rocket in Australia. It's like they want the general public to go back to using muzzle-loaders and pikes.
Oh and those lasers, banned import to Australia. Any of them that are in the country have been placed on the prohibited weapon list, along with swords, AK-47s, knifes, replica guns, pistols, anything with a magazine greater than 1, anything of a caliber more than .3xx.....
I'm just dreading the day they decide to prohibit Nerf guns........
--Rod.H
Nerf guns have a caliber greater than .3xx. Quod erat demonstradum.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Australia? Australia?
That's strange; there's a seriously badass country/continent in the southern hemisphere with a name spelled exactly like that, but my mind boggles at the notion that they would forbid their people to own even pistols and knives (particularly in light of the homicidal fauna).
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
To be fair, you only have to have been
not paying attention for the past twenty years, before that it was fairly common-sensical.
--sofaspud
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"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
Australia is particularly nanny-staty, ayup. Lest you forget, they're the ones trying to set up the Big Internet Wall, and there's a reason people were so easily-fooled into thinking they were banning A-cup porn for being too reminiscent of child pornography. Also, they are crrrrrazy about people speeding.
(On the other hand, they have messed-up-but-more-or-less-functional health care and probably the best post-secondary program I've seen in a country - your student loans are repaid by a garnishing of a certain percentage of subsequent earnings, and only if you earn a certain amount per year.)
Speaking as an Australian? My government is made up of Nanny-State FUCKWITS.
Thank you for your opinion, Citizen. Please cooperate with the authorities who will be arriving shortly to interview you.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs