For Aussies - 1200 lasers caught

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Thanks for the info.

Do you think the government will look at high powered flashlights next?

I have a DBS V2 which is a really thrower (and everytime I show people, they say "you could bring a plane down with that) :crackup: yeah right!!!

And I have a Surefire M6 coming next week which just looks dangerous. :devil:
 
doubt torches will be banned... and if they do well thats going to make me very upset. Just don't go doing stupid things with the lights and it wont get media attention and wont get banned.
 
unique said:
Just don't go doing stupid things with the lights and it wont get media attention and wont get banned.
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Yeah, but it takes just 1 person to do something stupid and we all get into trouble.

Like the handgun/BB gun ban. I never even had the chance to try one before the law came into place. :mecry:
 
Well I never take it out of the house anyway.. I just play around with it sometimes in the house when I get bored or shine it around other houses when I'm feeling cheeky :sssh:
 
I reckon their exaggerating just to scare ppl out of importing.

wish they told us what happened to all those caught trying to import, i.e what fines?
 
I agree, the publicity is probably designed to be a deterrent, but also they probably have a supplier watchlist. Flashanator as this was a new law I doubt anything would be done at this stage except maybe a warning letter
 
NSW Police Firearms Registry - Laser Pointers
Quote: "It is an offence in NSW to possess any laser pointer in public without a reasonable excuse. The maximum penalty for possession of any kind of laser pointer in a public place without reasonable excuse is 2 years imprissonment or a $5500.00 fine or both"

Quote:' What if I am currently in posession of a laser pointer over 1 milliwatt?
If you currently own a laser pointer and obtained it before 18 July you have until 1 December 2008 to either obtain a permit for the lawful possession and use of the laser pointer or you may dispose of your laser pointer"

So if you want to keep you keychain laser pointer it will cost you $127.00 and flashing your 100 points ID.
 
Ha you can get a laser over 1mW out of gumball machines here. But you do have to be lucky.
 
I sympathize for anyone stuck in Aussie land. The final straw for me to get the hell out of that place would be them even thinking they were touching my guns. That country sounds like it will regulate the razor you shave with if the blades are too sharp.

Sounds like they need a better method of getting lasers in down there! Put it in a plastic bag with rope tied around, hang it in a jar and melt wax all around. Cut the rope, and you have a candle with a laser inside. Might work so long as they don't x-ray.
 
matt304 said:
Sounds like they need a better method of getting lasers in down there! Put it in a plastic bag with rope tied around, hang it in a jar and melt wax all around. Cut the rope, and you have a candle with a laser inside. Might work so long as they don't x-ray.
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Don't know that it is proper to be suggesting illegal activity on these forums.
 
matt304 said:
Sounds like they need a better method of getting lasers in down there! Put it in a plastic bag with rope tied around, hang it in a jar and melt wax all around. Cut the rope, and you have a candle with a laser inside. Might work so long as they don't x-ray.
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I happen to disagree with the particular laws banning lasers being imported into Australia and possession of lasers in NSW (a state of Australia for you non-Australians) - I think it is a knee jerk reaction to a very minor problem. I think the power of lasers to injure & threaten is greatly exaggerated.

However, this is not a forum for discussing how we can subvert laws we don't like. If you don't like a law, there is a mechanism through your member of parliament to express your view.
 
The problem is that laymen have no idea how lasers work. They think a high power pointer can melt steel and have no understanding of divergence, they think lasers keep going at the same beam diameter.
 
matt304 said:
The final straw for me to get the hell out of that place would be them even thinking they were touching my guns. That country sounds like it will regulate the razor you shave with if the blades are too sharp.
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You would have been out of here a decade ago (after the Port Arthur massacre) the but I am annoyed that things that are not specifically designed to harm people such as fireworks and now lasers are banned.
I think it's an incentive to get into custom-built lasers (the major flaw in the importation ban), if one happened to be a laser enthusiast.
 
Reasonable Excuse! Seems the lawmakers have way too much time on there
hands down under. Have any planes crashed due to a 5mW red laser? No. Anyone blinded by a 5mW red laser? No. Anyone annoyed by a 5mW red lasers? Many!
Think they'll go after those nasty blue tinted automobile headlamps next?
 
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Completely agree mate, all it takes is a few idiots to ruin it for everyone. :thumbsdow



Rob187 said:
I happen to disagree with the particular laws banning lasers being imported into Australia and possession of lasers in NSW (a state of Australia for you non-Australians) - I think it is a knee jerk reaction to a very minor problem. I think the power of lasers to injure & threaten is greatly exaggerated.

However, this is not a forum for discussing how we can subvert laws we don't like. If you don't like a law, there is a mechanism through your member of parliament to express your view.
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matt304 said:
I sympathize for anyone stuck in Aussie land. The final straw for me to get the hell out of that place would be them even thinking they were touching my guns. That country sounds like it will regulate the razor you shave with if the blades are too sharp.

Sounds like they need a better method of getting lasers in down there! Put it in a plastic bag with rope tied around, hang it in a jar and melt wax all around. Cut the rope, and you have a candle with a laser inside. Might work so long as they don't x-ray.
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:tsk:
sorry to burst your bubble, but every package that comes into australia is x-rayed. we have strict quarantine laws here and the customs people are very vigilant to what comes in. although one of the main focuses is on the importation and smuggling of live animals and plants, weapons and drugs are also searched for.

i just thought our overseas counterparts may find this interesting!
 
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