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New gel blaster laws due to kick off in Queensland as toy gun owners warned of harsher penalties FriFriday 15 updated FriFriday 15 JanJanuary 2021 at 9:44pm It is estimated the industry is worth up to $200 million in Queensland and employs hundreds of people. ( Share Print text only Cancel They look like real guns and it's an offence to point them or fire at anyone without their permission but gel blasters will remain legal in Queensland, despite moves in other states to effectively ban their use without a licence. Key points: From February 1, it is an offence to carry an unconcealed gel blas...

Two fatal shootings in Estonia over the last six months have made the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) to look into the persons' owning firearms in Estonia with background checks conducted on 90 percent of gun owners. After a fatal shooting in Lihula, Pärnu County, in early-June, the Ministry of the Interior is preparing amendments to the Weapons Act while law-abiding gun owners are hoping that the public opinion will not turn against them as a result of two bad apples. After the Lihula shooting, PPA begun checking the lifestyles and behavior of all 26,000 gun owners in Estonia. By the st...

A court has scheduled for February the trial of a man who killed two people and injured three more in a shooting spree in Pärnu County last June. Pärnu County Court will hear the case of Mikk Tarraste, 32, from February 15, the court decided, following a pre-trial hearing today, Wednesday. Tarraste will remain in custody until then. The court also opted to handle civil actions from all victims, with sums sought totaling €350,000. In addition, the court granted an application from Tarraste's defense lawyer to hear three witnesses. The court plans to hear altogether 26 witnesses in the case...

Police will close down CBD thoroughfares to make way for a street feast this New Year's Eve, as officers are handed extra powers to search revellers for weapons in high-risk areas across the state.

Another great bit of UK weapon control. Had an email from neighborhood watch about a weapons surrender scheme. I clicked the link to find that apparently it will be illegal have a pea shooter in your own home next year. I didn't even know that it's already illegal to have one in public, make or sell one (no one told ebay) Yes it's a kids toy, but it meets the description here "the weapon sometimes known as a ‘blowpipe’ or ‘blow gun’, being a hollow tube out of which hard pellets or darts are shot by the use of breath;"