I know this is an old post but i have something to add.....
I got in trouble a bit over a year or so back with having a fishing knife in the car.
My FISHING KNIFE was sitting on the back seat of my car next to the squid jigs. I had been fishing like a wk before and had dumped my squiding stuff on the back seat of my car as it had started raining.
i forgot about it and by chance a cop pulled me over and saw the knife.
Now you'd think after I explained my story and with the fact that my fishing gear was on the seat of my car also, that you'd get off with a warning or something....no.....an %!^%hole cop says to me, "im gonna have to charge you with possessing a controlled weapon".
now considering the 2 cops that pulled me over had said, "dun worry bout it, it should be fine."(in the interview/statement thing where i had to explain why the knife was there) but then when they went outside, their boss told em to book me. didnt care about the facts or reasons. said it would be up to the courts to decide.

what happens in court you ask??!!??....
the very fine magistrate/judge/ "your honour"(really?? your honour??!! power trip!!!!) person decides that, "since the police officer had decided there was enough evidence to charge you, im going to have to find you guilty of possessing a controlled weapon".

NICE!!! now because 2 idiots...(one cop and one judge) decided they were to lazy to look over the facts, i was found guilty of possessing a controlled weapon!

Now that im getting into spearfishing, what the frick should i do? use a rubber knife??
Sometimes i think the world has gone too far....political correctness...woman's righ....not gonna go there...hahaha! Bit of common sense please!

Sorry for the rant,
Byong

On the topic of over regulation and lack of commonsense, I got asked for ID when buying a squid jig from Big-W last week . Apparently they are classed as a 'dangerous weapon' and I needed to prove my age(Im 27..lol)

shazdogg

Nice grave digging, this issue was brought up a year ago.