[CarrotAndStick]

Customs said its officers raided the premises in the past two days at Hurstville and Riverwood, seizing 449 knives and daggers, 267 replica firearms and 171 electric shock devices, including stun guns.

The cache also included 86 slingshots, 88 bags of slingshot ball-bearings, 75 sword sticks and 10 blowdarts.

What did they raid? Toys-r-us?

[niteowl77]

267 replica firearms

I'd feel ever so much safer with these gone.

[DBrow]

I notice the complete lack of firearms.

What is the dividing line between a .3 inch ball bearing and slingshot ammo?

[Rebelbase]

"The cache also included 86 slingshots"

I was childhood weapons manufacturer and dealer.

[2banana]

75 sword sticks

Sticks - they seized sticks...?

[CzarNicky]

seizing 449 knives and daggers, 267 replica firearms and 171 electric shock devices, including stun guns.

The cache also included 86 slingshots, 88 bags of slingshot ball-bearings, 75 sword sticks and 10 blowdarts.

The seizure came after Customs intercepted two cartons containing 50 blowpipes and 12 pistol crossbows which were concealed within a sea cargo container carrying display units and novelty goods.

Australia's Dungeons and Dragons community is in mourning.

[JMK]

"...75 sword sticks..."

Do they mean that they seized pointed sticks??!

[cripplecreek]

I though it was a weapons seizure but this sounds more like when my mom made me clean my room when I was a kid.

[varyouga]

These are your last words, so make them a prayer.

You're shrinking . . . and your two little balls are shrinking with ya. And, the fact that you've got "replica" written down the side of your guns. And, the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point 5 0" written on the side of mine, should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now . . . fu** off.

[FreePaul]

I didn't see anything on the list that couldn't be made at home by most teenagers. The "electric shock devices" might take a trip to Radio Shack or an electronics supply store but no problem for one who is determined.

I made knives, replica firearms (and a couple of real firearms), sling shots (including a two man monster) and a cross bow before I was fifteen years old. I also made some shocking devices although that wasn't my intent.

[cynicom]

There must have been some rubber bands there for shooting spitballs. They are very dangerous weapons in some countries.

[laredo44]

Thought for sure they'd get some Jedi Light Sabers.

[Servant of the 9]

Pathetic.

[GladesGuru]

SLINGSHOTS! The Aussies are taking away Crocodile Dundee's slingshot? ? ?

From Aussies to wussies, in one easy law. ;-(

[hosepipe]

[ The cache also included 86 slingshots, 88 bags of slingshot ball-bearings, 75 sword sticks and 10 blowdarts. ]

Must for arming the Aborinine under ground..
Now theres a force to reckoned with.. LoL..

[naturalman1975]

OK - before people go overboard (probably too late), please understand that this was a Customs raid - and the reason that Customs was involved is because these items were smuggled into Australia.

Australia does have some stupid weapons laws, certainly, but this case relates to smuggling and illegal importation - not to the legality or otherwise of the items that were smuggled.

Most (possibly all) of these items are legal if a person has the correct paperwork - and while that's not a good situation, it is different from the items actually being illegal.

But this was a Customs raid - based on illegal importation. Such raids occur quite often, I know of one recently where they seized a large number of handbags.