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Originally Posted by deanm
When I was a kid in the UK, you only had to be 16 to own an air rifle - no license or anything.
After getting back into astro in Oz after a 20 year break, I was grizzly about the only significant source of light pollution nearby: a damn street light.
I contacted a local firearms shop & explained that I wanted to buy an air rifle to take out the offending illuminator.
They must have been so occupied with p*ssing themselves laughing that they never replied...!
Dean
(Still have the damned street light & no rifle!)
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I happen to live in Adelaide and own an air rifle. Perhaps I could become a street light hitman
I live in a block of apartments and it's lit up like crazy. Fortunately most of the lights are easy enough to take the cover off and loosen the bulb until I'm done.