Two teens allegedly involved in Melbourne shopping centre brawl were on bail
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Two teenagers alleged to be the main offenders in a violent brawl between "rival gangs" at a Melbourne shopping centre were on bail at the time.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/6390494

The Victorian government will ban the sale of machetes from Wednesday after a gang brawl at a shopping centre.

Two males were arrested and another was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition after the incident at Northlands shopping centre.

  • tau@aussie.zoneEnglish
    141·
    14 days ago

    Nothing like a good moral panic to make people throw reason out the window. Carrying a machete without a reasonable cause is already illegal and clearly didn’t stop these people, banning them altogether will just make things hard for those who would use them legally.

    It’s the same level of thinking as some pelican near me who was calling for a 40km/h zone due to a recent accident. The existing laws against taking illegal drugs, stealing cars, staying on the road, and not speeding over the current limit didn’t stop the guy who caused it, but he sure would have listened to a 40km/h sign…

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
      66·
      14 days ago

      As far as I’m aware there isn’t a thriving jungle expedition scene in Victoria. And slower roads are just safer. They objectively save lives.

      • tau@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        14 days ago

        As far as I’m aware there isn’t a thriving jungle expedition scene in Victoria

        You don’t know what people actually use machetes for, but they look scary so lets make a snide comment suggesting there’s no reason to have them. That’s exactly the sort of knee jerk reaction which makes for dumb laws like this.

        • Fleur_@aussie.zone
          36·
          14 days ago

          “You don’t know what people actually use machetes for”

          There was actually this really cool news story that just came out about what people are actually using them for

          • tau@aussie.zoneEnglish
            5·
            14 days ago

            There was actually this really cool news story that just came out about what people are actually using them for

            There’s been this really cool news story recently about what people are using foraged mushrooms for, better ban doing that pronto because it’s clearly dangerous and there’s no chance anyone else is doing it safely…

    • lunarul@lemmy.world
      23·
      14 days ago

      I kept waiting for the punchline, I thought this is sarcastically mimicking the American arguments against gun regulations.