Megatron Gun Club renewals

[spiderken17]

This reminds me of my 1:18 model cars. They cannot have cigarette advertising on them because they are "toys". I don't know anyone who has given their kid a $200 "toy" car.
Some laws are just plain stupid.

[GoktimusPrime]

The reason why the law exists is to prevent loons who would use the toys to threaten other people. Sadly, there are some people who do that. I used to know a TF fan from the ACT --- he once took a G1 Megatron toy into public places, in gun mode, like a train station (where he was crash tackled by security) and an airport (where he was crash tackled by security who detained/interrogated him before releasing him). *deep.sigh* So unfortunately these laws were put in place in some regions to prevent crap like that from happening.

It's the usual story -- stupid minority ruining the fun for the normal majority.

Note that not all places in Australia outlaw or restrict gun toys. Western Australia is completely unrestricted/unprohibited, and in South Australia it's illegal to import these toys into the state, but once it's there there's no restrictions. In NSW it's a prohibited item, which means we can legally possess them if we follow certain procedures for safe/secure storage and obtain a licence/permit from the Firearms Registry. Other states/territory laws are sadly either ambiguous, or outright outlaw them. The best thing to do is to continue to contact or petition your state/territory Minister for Police. Because these toys used to be outlawed in NSW too until Tiby took legal action and had the law changed to allow collectors an avenue to lawfully own these toys. It's worth stating that Federal Customs can still confiscate these toys regardless of where you live -- but the ability to claim any confiscated toys vary depending on where you live. e.g. in NSW you'll need to show your licence when asking for Fed. Customs to give you the seized toy. In SA and WA you just rock up and collect it, no hassles (other than physically picking it up ).