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Australian Police Confiscate Pastafarian Man's Guns Because He Posed For His ID Wearing A Colander:

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 26 2014, @08:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the in-a-lighter-vein dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The next story comes from Australia, where a self-described pastafarian went about mocking the rules set up for firearm ID pictures by wearing a colander on his head. Guy Albon convinced the photographer that he was a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster so that he could wear the colander - a symbol of the satirical religious movement whose members refer to themselves as Pastafarians. The 30-year-old said he exploited a law that allows headgear to be worn in photos.

'The law stipulates you can have something on your head,' he said. 'You have to have your entire face uncovered and if the headgear is being worn it has to have some religious significance. I thought 'I've got this one in the bag - it was an absolute scream.'

Officers came to his home, where they seized two handguns and two rifles and ordered him to see a psychiatrist. According to Mr Albon, the psychiatrist immediately declared him as sane and 'laughed it off'.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 26 2014, @09:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 26 2014, @09:50PM (#60587)

    > And let's be honest, with mass shootings seeming to increase (let's not debate it now),

    Huh? I was under the impression that there have been no mass shootings in australia since 1996. [wikipedia.org] Have I missed one?

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  • (Score: 1) by citizenr on Friday June 27 2014, @05:19AM

    by citizenr (2737) on Friday June 27 2014, @05:19AM (#60727)

    There have benn PLENTY of mass shootings. In TV news, in video games, in papers. Clearly people must be dying left right and center, wont somebody thing of the children?

    Its the effect of media distorting reality.

  • (Score: 2) by KritonK on Friday June 27 2014, @11:10AM

    by KritonK (465) on Friday June 27 2014, @11:10AM (#60793)

    Huh? I was under the impression that there have been no mass shootings in australia since 1996 [wikipedia.org].

    In other words, after a drop in 1997, the number of mass shootings has been doubling every year since 1998!

  • (Score: 2) by strattitarius on Friday June 27 2014, @02:42PM

    by strattitarius (3191) on Friday June 27 2014, @02:42PM (#60878) Journal
    While that may be a good source for AU, I reviewed the US version which stops at this entry:

    Wah Mee massacre 1983 Feb 18 Seattle Washington 13 1 injured by 3 perpetrators during an armed robbery

    1. there have been more
    2. why is a single person injured considered a massacre?

    So I am not positive that list accurate, and based on this:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
    I stick to my stance that they seem to be increasing, if only due to news coverage. The AU probably covers major US stories from time to time.
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