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Posted By: Hazymac, 8/7/2025 9:14:25 AM

An Australian state has asked citizens to surrender machetes at disposal bins ahead of a statewide ban on the weapons aimed at combating knife crime. Australia’s state of Victoria on Thursday announced that more than 40 machete disposal bins will be available at police stations across the state to allow citizens to safely get rid of the weapons without a penalty before the Sept. 1 ban begins. "Owning, carrying, using, buying, or selling a machete without a valid exemption or approval will be a criminal offense," the Victorian government said in a statement. The government is running a "Machete Amnesty" period from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 to support the safe disposal

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 8/7/2025 9:16:22 AM (No. 1987598)
Sheep, nothing but sheep.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: BarryNo 8/7/2025 9:18:33 AM (No. 1987600)
I hope Australians have more sense. If not, they deserve what they get.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DougTN 8/7/2025 9:19:52 AM (No. 1987601)
Shiny pant bureaucrats doing anything but addressing the actual problem.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Encore 8/7/2025 9:21:00 AM (No. 1987602)
What next; lawn mower blades? Shovels? Axes?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: wilarrbie 8/7/2025 9:22:49 AM (No. 1987605)
To be followed with bans on tire irons and baseball bats. Those who use objects to harm others will still be treated with all kindness and understanding.
18 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: greyseal 8/7/2025 9:24:24 AM (No. 1987606)
Next up: steak knives (they don't eat red meat anyway, apparently). Gone are these days: "Sue Charlton: [cautiously] He's got a knife. Crocodile Dundee: [chuckles] That's not a knife. [he pulls out a large Bowie knife] Crocodile Dundee: *That's* a knife." greyseal
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Reply 7 - Posted by: pixelero 8/7/2025 9:26:33 AM (No. 1987607)
It’s just idiotic. Arrest, try, incarcerate.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Trump Won 8/7/2025 9:34:43 AM (No. 1987612)
When they outlaw machetes, only outlaws will have machetes.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Redwing57 8/7/2025 9:36:27 AM (No. 1987613)
Oh, what a great idea. So clever. So caring. They did this in Britain with knife-collection bins. The sheep obediently took their pointy sharp things and put them in bins on the street, anonymously of course. And the bad guys? STOLE THE FILLED BINS! We have allowed the world to descend into its common human denominator, warring tribal factions. The high trust cultures developed over centuries of cooperative achievement have been attacked relentlessly, corroded, crumbled. Now the 3rd world low trust, "me first", "what's good for MY tribe is good", self-centered vicious, violent, thieving, cheating, stealing, "if I get away with it it's good", culture is metastasizing. Be prepared to defend yourself. No one else will.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Hazymac 8/7/2025 9:38:06 AM (No. 1987615)
Thirty odd years ago when learning martial arts, we were taught to use many weapons, some edged. My own specialty was to perform hyungs (kata) with twin machetes. That took a lot of practice. In the beginning, we used safe implements before being introduced to the real thing. Then, slow motion repetition, gradually increasing the speed, them adding the second weapon. When a martial artist can control two weapons simultaneously, it's pretty awesome to see. Once I saw a Tang Soo master (seventh degree black belt) with twin combat knives spinning in perfectly coordinated figure-8's, in all directions. I asked my intructor (a fifth degree black belt) what to do if faced with twin knives from a true expert. He said, "Run." I've still got my machetes. No plans to go Down Under for a demo. Mollycoddles.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Vaquero45 8/7/2025 10:01:40 AM (No. 1987632)
It ain’t gonna work, morons.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: JHHolliday 8/7/2025 10:05:42 AM (No. 1987636)
The video from Cincinnati a few days ago showed a woman on the ground being kicked repeatedly by the feral women from the hood. I propose that they have their feet cut off. Medicaid would then have to buy them a wheelchair but that would cost less than housing them and feeding them in prison.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: franco 8/7/2025 10:06:20 AM (No. 1987637)
Good thing Crocodile Dundee was filmed 40 years ago. Somehow, I don't see how Mick wielding a paring knife would have scared off that group of "kids having fun."
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 8/7/2025 10:09:07 AM (No. 1987639)
Cold dead fingers, etc.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 8/7/2025 10:13:08 AM (No. 1987642)
- - - - and the pea shooter ban begins on October 1st.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: bighambone 8/7/2025 10:13:18 AM (No. 1987643)
Just as much damage can be done to the human body by large kitchen knives, will they be the next target of the apparent overriding Australian Government?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: franco 8/7/2025 10:14:37 AM (No. 1987645)
Related: Why do the Aussies follow the Brits on "weapon control" (and bans) when statistics clearly show that the murder rate is higher in London now than before the gun-ban that was put in place after a nut shot up a school in Dunblane in (IIRC) 1996? The only thing that has changed was the murder weapon of choice -- now a butcher knife, since guns aren't so readily available. It somehow escapes policy makers that those with murderous minds will find a weapon to do the deed and that the weapon itself doesn't matter.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: JimBob 8/7/2025 10:25:43 AM (No. 1987648)
Sad to see the Aussies go down the path of Total Submission. I wonder when.... or IF... . they will figure out that disarming the Citizens (which is the Government's objective) does not reduce crime. To reduce crime, one has to remove the Criminals from the free society. Put the Thugs in Prison or Dirt-nap 'em.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: mc squared 8/7/2025 10:42:29 AM (No. 1987656)
Watching the western world commit suicide. It's like a bad dream.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: DVC 8/7/2025 11:08:29 AM (No. 1987676)
The problem is Muslims, not machetes.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Bur Oak 8/7/2025 11:25:01 AM (No. 1987688)
I guess Crocodile Dundee's knife is long gone.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: learner 8/7/2025 11:28:27 AM (No. 1987691)
I recall an old Archie Bunker quote when his daughter mentions how many people were killed by guns. His reply was 'would it make you feel better if they were pushed out of windows?'
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Reply 23 - Posted by: kono 8/7/2025 12:39:24 PM (No. 1987716)
What a shame a ban on assault rocks didn't pass in time to save Abel. If a wadded bathroom tissue had been the only object at hand, Cain would have found some way to use that to kill his brother.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: BarryNo 8/7/2025 12:46:35 PM (No. 1987717)
The REAL bad guys here are the politicians, with their fully armed security details. They just want to feel safe...
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Reply 25 - Posted by: farmwife 8/7/2025 1:02:57 PM (No. 1987723)
And next they will be setting up bins for people 5to turn in their peas shooters.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Strike3 8/7/2025 3:27:20 PM (No. 1987765)
When Australia has been overrun by weeds, vines, bushes and tall grass, the world will wonder what happened.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: Strike3 8/7/2025 4:01:31 PM (No. 1987774)
You are spot-on, #10. One of the most effective defenses against knives are the 26" sticks used in Escrima, Kung Fu, etc. With a set of those you can break a knife wielder's arms and head before he gets the knife anywhere near you. You can make a set out of a broom handle. Another good weapon is the telescoping ASP baton, which incidentally has been outlawed in some states because it is also deadly as an offensive weapon.
5 people like this.

Reply 28 - Posted by: franco 8/7/2025 4:35:12 PM (No. 1987788)
#22: Funny, but that's Vladimir Putin's favorite way of disposing of political enemies.... or one-time friends who are no longer so useful. Makes me wonder if he had copies of "All In The Family" smuggled into East Germany (on VHS tape) when he ran the KGB field office there in the 1980s. I can see him now watching and thinking, "Da! That would be a good way to get rid of people. Must make note for future use."
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Reply 29 - Posted by: Birddog 8/7/2025 4:45:32 PM (No. 1987791)
The same sinawali, "Heaven and Earth" movement pattern can be used with bare hands, short sticks, knives, machetes, swords, escrima or even short bo staff, if you practice the foundation movements you can use anything to accentuate it...and using something heavier than rattan builds strength and speed during practice(I use two solid steel rods) THEN you can use a walking stick/cane in one hand, something or nothing in the other, or make the cane in two pieces so both hands wield hardwood(my canes are made of rosewood, and Brazilian cherry, (If you are a frequenter of formal affairs...ebony or ironwood with a bit of gold/silver on top goes well with a Tux ;)
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Reply 30 - Posted by: Venturer 8/7/2025 10:02:52 PM (No. 1987853)
First they outlawed guns ,Now it's machete's, next it will be boy scout hatchets and chainsaws, and battery powered skil saws.
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Reply 31 - Posted by: mifla 8/8/2025 9:41:24 AM (No. 1987979)
Years of evolution and we keep believing in stupid solutions.
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Reply 32 - Posted by: MickTurn 8/8/2025 1:11:38 PM (No. 1988122)
Just go back to GUNS, they aren't as messy as a Machete!
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