I'm fascinated by the mechanical intricacies of firearms, such as pulling the slide, cocking the hammer, and loading the magazine(I have no interest in owning a real gun). However, I live in Victoria where anything that could be mistaken as a gun is illegal, and what i want is more a replica then a elaborate toy.
What I'm seeking are alternatives that could offer similar tactile and mechanical felling. some toy or gadget.
Does anyone have any suggestions I'm open to all ideas. the closet thing i got is a novelty pen shaped like a bullet with a bolt slide. and Ive spend hours messing with it.
Go on Google and type in "Fidget toys for retards"
none of em even come close.
So no airsoft? What about paintball?
Airsoft are outright banned.
paint ball requires a license.
Needing a loicense to paintball. Christ, ok what about archery?
How TF is archery supposed to fill OP's need to mess with mechanical objects? OP needs something to fiddle with which has tactile feedback, he's not looking for a weapon.
Get a fidget spinner
He already told us that was inadequate. See
Archery is legal,
>Bow and arrow: fine
>airsoft and paintball: loicense
These people really see anything gun shaped and shit themselves
They look and handle like real guns, ergo
>TERRORIST DEATH SQUADS WILL USE THEM FOR TRAINING TO COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS
Or at least that was their justification if my memory serves
The 'justification' politicians like to use is that hoods will use them to hold up gas stations, banks, etc.
When Trudeau tried to ban airsoft, the justification was "cops will shoot kids because they can't tell if they have a real gun or not". Fortunately, the country didn't buy that shit and the proposed ban got amended out
>paint ball requires a license
No fucking way holy shit
2/3 of the population live in four cities. It's the Canada effect, you give a few urban centers that much control and it all turns into an authoritarian nanny state.
Paintball licenses are next level, not even Canada has that shit
To be fair, progress is being made. NSW (the largest state in the country by population) recently deregulated them, and it is only a matter of time before the rest of the country does the same. In Queensland, you can get gel blasters (basically like airsoft but soft gel balls) without any kind of permit.
>Don't need a permit for a child's toy
>Progress
Jesus fucking Christ
At this rate, on this trajectory, they might start making inroads on gun rights some time in the next 200 years
I'm happy they're making any kind of progress at all, but when I think about how what I have in my closet would be considered 1 gorillion felonies in Australia it just boggles my mind.
I'm not disputing that, it's absolutely bewildering what laws they managed to pass
No shit, I'm a fucking leaf with semi-automatic rifles and spring assisted knives in my closet. I live in the country that's PrepHoles biggest punching bag, and I have enough Australian felonies in my closet to put me away for multiple lifetimes
even I as a noguns (no real ones, airguns don't count) German probably own enough stuff to get me years in jail if it was in Australia. it's nuts there.
but I have hope for them and us. the unfuckening of the world is coming sooner or later.
Baby steps anon
Better than nothing.
If my country was willing to put me in a concentration camp over a cold, I would acquire gun. Simple as. Saying that being allowed to buy a child's toy is "better than nothing" when it comes to a fundamental right of free men is horse shit.
>In Queensland, you can get gel blasters (basically like airsoft but soft gel balls) without any kind of permit
...are you implying that you need a fucking permit to buy an even more cucked version of airsoft in the rest of the country?
In some other states (NSW and South Australia) you need a license. In Western Australia (imagine NY and California mixed together) and Victoria (California on crack) they are totally banned for looking like real guns. There is a court case in WA right not challenging the ban, and it looks like it will be struck down. Only time will tell.
Give them time, the moose fuckers seem to be speedrunning their shit into the ground lately, to the point that many are fleeing to the US
I am a moose fucker, we're not going to have fucking paintball licenses. Trudeau put an airsoft ban into a bill, and it got amended out by literally every other political party, including the major party that's even more left wing than his. Needing a license for a toy is legitimately shocking
I genuinely would not be surprised if that becomes reality in Canada sooner rather than later, unless the Trudeau-era government is thoroughly fucked in the coming election
https://www.goatguns.com/
they dont ship to australia.
I am waiting till the aus resellers have the bullpup model
Manual transmissions
Mechanical watches
Mechanical typewriters
Fishing reels
Folding or automatic knives (though this may be back to legal problems)
Vintage machinery like tractors, small earthmoving machinery, metal or woodworking tools, etc. Anything where you pull levers and turn knobs to operate it.
Model engines
>However, I live in Victoria where anything that could be mistaken as a gun is illegal
That's strange, 'cause I also live in Victoria and I went hunting last weekend.
Did you application for a firearms licence get rejected because you're an underaged gay or did you not submit one because you'd rather whine about it on a Slavic current affairs forum?
What do you hunt in the land down under?
I mostly hunt deer, they're considered pest animals so there's no bag limit or off-season (for most species anyway).
Other than that
>Wild pigs
>Feral goats
>Rabbits
>Hare
>Foxes
>Kangaroos (although the bureaucracy to do that in Vic is a right cunt)
>Ducks
>Quail
In the southern parts of Australia we have several species of deer, feral pigs, goats, wild foxes, feral cats and (where legal) kangaroos. In some parts of the country we also have wild camels. In the North of the country we have water buffalo and banteng.
>>>toy
Engines and mechanical watches should tickle your 'tism. I know they do for me