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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: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 27 2014, @04:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 27 2014, @04:48AM (#60722)

    The photo of his South Australian licence shows that he's licensed for class A and B, which are both longarms. He is not licensed for handguns (class H) but the article says that two handguns were siezed.

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  • (Score: 1) by NoMaster on Friday June 27 2014, @01:08PM

    by NoMaster (3543) on Friday June 27 2014, @01:08PM (#60834)

    Not to mention that it all happened a year ago (June 2013).

    It's been a non-story for 12 months; the only reason it popped up now is because of the NZ guy whose driver's licence photo went viral this week, and the inbred Australian media wanting a local angle.

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