Western Australia is marking the one-year anniversary of what officials call the “toughest knife laws in the nation.” Government leaders are celebrating the milestone. Gun owners and civil liberties advocates should be paying attention.
Since December 20, 2024, police in Western Australia have been granted sweeping authority to stop and scan people for knives—without a warrant, without suspicion, and without probable cause. In just twelve months, that power has been exercised more than 102,000 times across the state.
The result, according to the government: 228 edged weapons seized and more than 1,900 criminal charges laid against 1,076 people.
Growing up in the 1980’s, I viewed Australia as a rough-and-tumble and enviable place, ala Crocodile Dundee. Modern reality is quite different.
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