Victoria to ban machete sales this week after gang brawl at shopping centre
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says the sale of machetes will be banned from Wednesday following a gang brawl at a shopping centre on Sunday.

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.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 days ago

    So… whats the endgame here. Seriously, I don’t want to sound all 2nd amendment-y, but have they ever seen a machete? It’s just a chunk of sheet metal with an edge, you can make one in a few minutes with an angle grinder. At a certain point you’re going to have to accept that humans have been killing each other for a long damn time and they’re not going to stop just because you removed some of the tools. The only real solution to stop the cycle of violence is to embrace social programs and public welfare. Preferably before you get to the point you’re implementing atlatl control and rounding up black teens for carrying rocks in a public place.

    • DeceptichumOPMEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      I don’t think there is much of an endgame beyond don’t give the opposition a chance to say you’re “weak on crime”. It won’t work or change much, but it’s the look of doing something that matters to the public.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Sharpened sticks are now illegal.

      Oh did you just make a closed fist? Those are also illegal.