Well, the Aussies Are F***ed....

[Tommikka]

On 27/10/2020 at 15:18, CrackCommandoUnit1972 said:

On a slightly different tangent.

You can buy gel basters  in the UK from Amazon in various 'realistic' colours.  Would they considered to be RIFs?

Not seen a gel blaster close up but for the price they are going for I take it they look and feel very much like a toy.

Just found this.

They are RIFs

The UK retailers selling without VCRA style restrictions or as IFs are being ignorant or blatantly ignoring the law - just as was done in Australia.  

 

[padraigthesniper]

Absolute madness australia has always had bad goverment policies. First they censor films and video games now they cant handle toys called gel blasters lol How is a gel blaster threatening at all? The arguement that it looks too realistic could be nullified by having something similar to the defense and UKARA system over here. Or just have all of them forceably orange tipped and two toned. Such sadness for australians, people are way too scared nowadays. How many gel blaster robberys have they had? if it isnt in the thousands they are completly cooko for ruining another sport. They must lose theyre minds at the idea of real guns, i wonder why they dont replace theyre military and police weapons with Japanese body pillows with censored anime girls on the front to be more good and nice lol

 

[Speedbird_666]

 Or just have all of them forceably orange tipped and two toned. Such sadness for australians, people are way too scared nowadays.

It's because it uses compressed gas to propel the projectile - in this case the forward movement of a piston in a cylinder. They've even banned certain Nerf guns due to this.

I'm sure the 'look' of them doesn't help though, they probably have laws for that too.

 

[Tommikka]

 The arguement that it looks too realistic could be nullified by having something similar to the defense and UKARA system over here.

They have an equivalent system, it’s their lowest classification of firearms licence