NSW Police sieze water pistol. Man arrested.

[Oldbloke]

Good lord, what has the country come to?


https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news ... YWxsPTE%3D

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-ac ... 4684ecee3e

[deye243]

Now you know why I say that I am ashamed to say I'm Australian.

[alexjones]

Read this. Appears to be some kind of misunderstanding.

They are saying he was charged with possessing an unauthorised firearm but are now calling it a toy? Gel blasters are illegal in NSW so is it a gel blaster which is illegal or a toy which is legal?

Maybe they will drop the charges.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydne ... 3c82c19043

[Jackaroo]

$17 on eBay -

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/35586768906 ... 4929687925

[jezzab]

100% just a cheap water pistol that comes with two "mags". I have one for teaching the chickens not come up on the back deck and crap everywhere

[on_one_wheel]

OK, so I'm guessing we'll see water pistols heavily regulated as cat H soon.

[Bugman]

Our illustrious plods hard at work again. Seems they "watered" down the original charge.

[bladeracer]

Already are in Victoria if they look like a real pistol.

OK, so I'm guessing we'll see water pistols heavily regulated as cat H soon.

[Fester]

So funny, they thought they had him on the serious illegal weapons charges when they thought it was an evil killing machine (gell-blaster)

Paid their penny and only farted.

Wokeworld solution is tougher new gun laws with water pistols being re-classified to bring them into line with the laws.