[geeks] its what you carry with you

[Kevin]

Paints a very different picture of Australia than i had
previously envisioned, at least in your state.  Crap like this
makes me miss Texas.

/KRM

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 00:07:37 +1000
Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 07:39:10AM -0500, Brian Dunbar wrote:
> > It's illegal to carry a pocket-knife in Australia?  Good
> > Gravy, man, why?
> 
> It's actually a state law, but in NSW (and I think a few other
> states have similar things) it's illegal to "have custody of a
> knife or blade in a public place or school, without reasonable
> excuse".
> 
> Now exactly what a "reasonable excuse" is is hard to define.
> For small things like a Leatherman Micra you're not going to
> have any problems(unless you were actually in the act of using
> it as a weapon or the like), but for a 4" blade - especially
> one which is not part of a Leatherman/swiss army knife/etc
> you're going to have trouble coming up with a "reasonable
> excuse".
> 
> A lot of it depends on the situation. If you're out clubbing on
> a Saturday night then no excuse is going to be good enough -
> get caught and you're in trouble! If you're walking around in a
> pair of overalls then no excuse is really needed. Anything in
> between.. well..
> 
> And of course, if you're under 16 years old then you can forget
> buying yourself a knife of any form. It's illegal to sell
> anything beyond a plastic knife to anyone under the age of 16
> (most shops actually make it 18) - and that include cutlery!
> 
>   Scott.
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