• Onii-Chan@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    Can’t be more ridiculous than it is here in Australia. Can’t buy or set off fireworks without the relevant permit/license full stop (generally limited to public events and film production), but if you purchase an adapter for your 12 gauge, along with a pack of primers, you can legally fire them from your shotgun on private property… but you’d obviously need a firearms license first.

    I have a shotgun. I have the fireworks, primers, and adapter. I have never had a chance to use them.

    Australia is such a fucking boring country to live in. No wonder we all drink so much.

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      Isn’t aus-delenda-est a giant tinderbox though?

      I mean sure it’s silly to ban mortars or M-100s or deep-fryers instead of putting out public information as to what happens if you don’t follow safety, but there’s a difference in stakes between a lost hand or burnt down garage and starting a bushfire.