As of Thursday, SA gel blaster owners will need to be over 18, hold a licence and have the fake weapon registered, under new rules governing the imitation firearm. The changes, announced by SA ...

A 16-year-old business owner says his 3D-printing operation has effectively been shut down overnight following the introduction of new laws that treat the toys as if they were actual firearms.

The WA Government will ban gel blasters from July 3, with Police Minister Paul Papalia saying they are a "tragedy waiting to happen" because they look like real guns.

Gel blasters are realistic-looking guns which shoot water-absorbing gel balls and cannot be owned in this state without a firearms licence, but are legal in Queensland and South Australia.