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Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 month ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/news@aussie.zone
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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/6390494

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.

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (15 children)

You can make one with an angle grinder and about half an hour. This is dumb.

Absolutely carrying them around town should be illegal, but they are super useful in rural settings.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are lawn mowers now banned for being full auto machetes?

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A lawnmower fight at a shopping centre would be... different.

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