Originally Posted by
bakakun
Ugh. My latest response from the Licensing regulation department was very condescending with regards to the fee renewing an approval.
The generic Megatron is a imitation weapons is prohibited blah blah blah, and "A person ‘off the street’ who is found to be in possession of an imitation firearm without holding a Prohibited Weapons Approval or covered under a Governor in Council Exemption risks being charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and is therefore possessing the imitation firearm illegally. "
And also the fee is "set by the Control of Weapons Regulations 2011" and covers the cost of "processing, assessing and maintaining a weapons approval, there is no intention to bring in ‘discount’ arrangements for specific weapons."
They just don't seem to want to comprise on the the fees involved at all. The spiel that $188.20 every 3 years covers the cost of having an approval is bullshit, considering NSW charge only $75 for 5 years and can be waived by being a legitimate toy gun collector.
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