Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010 at 14:52
A bit exagerated. Most states have a list of prohibited weapons. See the SA version below. It is not just blade length but the style as
well. Queensland will be a bit different.
Q: What are prohibited weapons?
These weapons are prohibited weapons:
Ballistic knives.
Catapults, shanghais and slingshots that have a brace.
Three different types of chemicals that are often called tear gas, mace and adamsite.
Concealed weapons - that is, a thing that appears to be harmless, but which conceals a knife, spike or other weapon. For example, a walking stick that conceals a sword or an object that looks like a lipstick, but which in fact conceals a stiletto or blade.
Extendable batons that are extended by gravity, centrifugal force or by release of a button or other device.
Fighting knives (ie butterfly knives, daggers, flick knives, push knives, trench knives or other kinds of knives designed or adapted for hand to hand fighting (but not bayonets or swords).
Hand or foot claws that are designed as a weapon.
Knife belts that conceal or disguise a knife, dagger or similar weapon. An example is a belt of the type known as a
Bowen Knife Belt.
Knuckle dusters.
Morning stars, that is, weapons that consist of a weight, attached to a chain, rope or other flexible material. In some cases the weight has a number of points, spikes or blades.
Nunchakus.
Pistol cross bows.
Star knives that are capable of causing serious injury.
Throwing knives that are capable of causing serious injury.
Undetectable knives, that is a knife that is capable of causing serious injury and is made of a material that is undetectable by a metal detector or X-ray machine.
Full written descriptions of these weapons are set out in schedule 2 of the Summary Offences (Dangerous Articles and Prohibited Weapons) Regulations 2000.
Illustrations of some of these weapons are in brochures available from the Police and Attorney-General's Department and in Council offices and public libraries.
These items are dangerous articles:
Anti-theft cases that give an electric shock.
Bayonets.
Blowguns.
Catapults, shanghais and slingshots without a brace made for commercial distribution.
Dart projectors- eg Darchery Dart Slinger.
Self-protecting spray - eg capsicum spray.
Hand held self-protection devices that emit or discharge electric current, sound waves or electromagnetic energy that is capable of immobilising, incapacitating or injuring another person.
Shark darts of the type that injects a gas or other substance into the body of the target. E.g. Farallon Shark Dart.
Full written descriptions of these items are set out in Schedule 1 of the Summary Offences (Dangerous Articles and Prohibited Weapons) Regulations 2000.
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