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Police investigate machete brawl at Melbourne shopping centre (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

As expected, the people who were already doing illegal things with machetes don't care about the machete ban. I can't see Victoria backing down on it though, they'll probably claim safety requires expanding the ban to knives in general and screw over more law abiding people.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I don't think anyone is surprised that people who would use a machete against another human would not return the machete.. however it's more of a longer term plan to reduce ease of access to machetes over time. Yes, if someone was hellbent on using a machete they would be able to source them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Apparently the perpetrators fled the scene before the police arrived. So your suggestion wasn't an option in this case.

    And when the police do manage to find these people, I can think of a few other things the police might like to try before resorting to killing people.

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