D'oh! Seized by Customs!

[GoktimusPrime]

They're destroying them.

[Rampage]

They're destroying them.

or having the most awesome game of cops & robbers ever one of the 2

[Kyle]

I guess that on the plus side, if/when the law is changed, Customs is going to have a lot of seized MP-05s to sell off cheap.

Unless they're destroying them, I suppose.

They'll just take them home and play with them.

[JuzMel]

Well if you look on the brightside, Atleast you received a refund (unlike alot of others who never got back a cent... )

Yeah I'm pretty lucky to get the refund back.. and get my desire from another source..

Anyway if you watch Border Security, then you'd know items seized by customs are destroyed by them. They dig a large hole and dump the items in. Thats what they did with a whole heap of fake billabong and roxi clothing some people tried to import in one episode.

[Mixmaster]

Because those retail stores are breaking the law.

Actually they're not. They simply truck it across state borders from states that can import it from overseas. There's nothing illegal about it.

[Mixmaster]

My latest news from the Queensland government is that they are in the process of overhauling their replica firearms laws

This could actually be the opposite of what people want. I was told that SA may be also overhauling laws, but it would be to prevent stores like TRU trucking in replicas across state borders.

[Tober]

Actually they're not. They simply truck it across state borders from states that can import it from overseas. There's nothing illegal about it.

There's plenty illegal about trafficking replica firearms to prohibited states. It carries the same penalties too.

[Robzy]

Because those retail stores are breaking the law.

I think it depends on what state you're in! I know a few toy dealers and collector stores in SA that are having no problems getting these (and other replica firearms without orange tabs) in.

[GoktimusPrime]

Well SA laws are obviously different as your experience with retrieving your MP Megs proved, Mixie (if only it was that easy in NSW and VIC). In NSW it's odd seeing MP Megs at stores and booths at conventions and fairs because even if they had a permit to possess that toy, as a condition of that permit the toy needs to be in a locked display unit. And I would think that a person purchasing that toy would need to be in possession of a permit. Otherwise it's like selling a firearm to a person who doesn't have a firearms licence.

[Vector Sigma 13]

I used to have a firearms licence but i let it lapse. I pretty sure its illegal to get any firearms from people who dont have the relevant licenceing/permits. Youd never be able to send it in the post. Besides that you have to put in the paperwork, buy the rifle/gun and wait 30 days (or was it 3 months?) or more before you get it. And also on that note you may need a "C class" licence for that type of firearm and they are quite difficult to get (semi auto). Its been awhile so dont take this info as gospel.