Both Toni and Paul seem to be unaware that flame throwers are freely available to the general public along with portable igniters.

The highly illegal ".....devices capable of discharging a hurtful, irritant, liquid or gas" are also freely available and virtually no one cares a hoot.

Hi there Paul1405...

I really don't like boasting my friend but I'd like to share with you my little secret? For this reason I should, in the interest of truth and clarity admit to you and anybody else, 'who cares' that I'm required by law, to have both my hands 'registered' at the local Post Office, the nearest of which I reside, as deadly weapons !

One of the strictest and most onerous condition imposed upon me was; during periods of darkness (night-time) and when off duty, I was required to have both hands deeply ensconced in my pockets. Lest their exposure might cause serious alarm and affront to the dear folk of Sydney, by having them seen!

My only real regret with that requirement, in summer months when stiflingly hot, I had to walk around, often with my family and friends, with both hands plunged deeply into my pockets. Causing many people to think I was crazy, but much worse Paul some thought I was engaging in something altogether quite lewd and salacious, which was both very embarrassing and vulgar for a man of my age! I guess it's well I wasn't tutored in French Savate, where in hell would I put my 'deadly' feet?

Upon reaching 70 years, the requirement was relaxed, as it had been determined by those in government who really know everything, after a bloke reaches 70, he probably couldn't knock Grandpa off is piss pot! Thus the fair City of Sydney was finally safe.

IS MISE...

Nothing you've said or claimed herein has 'got up my nose'. I've mentioned previously, bragging or exaggerating simply doesn't do it for me, for this reason I'm disappointed. However, as I stated earlier I've too much respect for 3RAR and the military small arms reconditioning, repair and/or modification branch at St Mary's or Kingswood (I don't recall it's official nomenclature) to engage in any sort of 'pissing competition' with you. Therefore I'll defer to anything you wish to claim, that said I am nevertheless disappointed.

o sung wu,

I wasn't bragging or exaggerating, I used the 36 Navy shooting as an example for those who had posted previously about the poor accuracy of pistols.
I did it and could do the same today with my replica .44 1858 Remington cap & ball revolver.

I did retain my marksman's badge using a pistol in a rifle shoot, the maximum range that year was 400 yards.

Only a few years ago, at Tamworth, I was shooting in a military rifle match and in the "Mad Minute", I don't remember how many shots I got off but two young blokes, observing me, were heard to say "Look at the old bloke, he had three empties in the air at once".
For those paranoid about rapidity of fire I was using a standard .303 SMLE of 1917 vintage..

Hi o sung wu and Is Mise,

The biggest trouble makers I see on a Friday and Saturday night are mostly young blokes, and some young girls filled with a skin full of Dutch courage. At times they can get out of hand, right out of hand, and in the worse of worse cases serious assaults can and do take place, mostly between the young people themselves. To combat this stupidity, a few things have been done, 'pub' security has been beefed up, lock out laws have been introduced, more on the ground uniformed police patrols late at night in 'hot' spots. These people are not criminals as such, and the availability and use of guns would make a bad situation a whole lot worse. When needed we must rely on the police to deal with these situations. The best way to avoid trouble is for both private and police security to be pro active in dealing with things before real trouble can develop.
I'm not a wowser by any means, I like a drink myself, but over indulgence of alcohol is the root cause of much of the anti social behavior. A few years back I went on a night out with the young blokes from work, mostly in their 20's, according to them their drinking exploited were "legendary". Not so, I had as much as them but ended up organizing cabs to get some of them home, one was as sick as a dog, and up chucked in the street. What a bloody night, not for me, but I recall doing the same stupid things when I was young. As teenagers and young bucks we had some wild drunken parties. Recall a stupid drinking game called "sevens" counting in a circle, but skipping every number with 7 in it, or adds up to seven 7, 16, 17 25, 27 etc, otherwise scull a bottle of beer, when your drunk its hard not to say 16 or 27!

Then PM Howard jumped on the political bandwagon and outlawed guns among most of Australia's law abiding and decent citizens.

Then came the mad idiot that caused mayhem and death at Port Arthur.

That idiot was a useful idiot because it was someone at the top of a Australian Politics that planned and executed the events at Pt Aurthur

Howard had the building knocked down to destroy any exculpatory evidence.

Funny how this same technique was employed on 911 at the Pentagon when the entire lawn surrounding the contact area was plastered over with 200mm of blue metal within 2 weeks.