A Star Wars geek in Australia, having some munchies in a food court (of course) on the way to getting his picture taken for a newspaper article on the 30th anniversary of the movie, is tackled and arrested by local police because his replica space-blaster thingie was poking out of his bag, and some nitwit freaked out.
"Police said despite being a harmless replica and a close match to a weapon from a galaxy far, far away, the man would be charged with possessing an unregistered firearm."
It's not a firearm.
It's a toy.
How is he supposed to register it?
The police even said it was a harmless toy. The man wasn't brandishing it or claiming it was a real firearm, or attempting to commit a crime with it. Yet he is being charged with a "firearms" violation.
Australian parents better start locking up the Super Soakers and Jack Sparrow pirate pistols, before the cops down there start getting itchy fingers.
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