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Subject: Australian Gun Control
>> Subject: Australian Gun control
>> >
>> > Thought this was interesting information. This came from
my friend
Liz
>> in Australia. Fanny Dell
>> >
>> "Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real
figures from
>> Down Under.
>> It has now been 12 months since gun owners in
Australia were
forced
>> by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be
destroyed by
our
>> own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more
than $500
>million
>> dollars. The first year results are now in:
>> Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
>> Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
>> Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44
percent!)
>> In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are
now up 300
>> percent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned
guns in, the
>> criminals did not and criminals still possess their guns!
>> While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in
>> armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically
upward in the
>> past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that
their prey
is
>> unarmed. There has also been a dramatic increase in
break-ins and
>assaults
>> of the elderly. Australian politicians are at a loss to
explain how
public
>> safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and
expense was
expended
>> in successfully ridding Australian society of guns.
>> You won't see this data on the American evening news or
hear your
>> governor or members of the state Assembly disseminating
this
information.
>
>> The Australian experience proves it. Guns in the hands of
honest
citizens
>> save lives and property and yes, gun-control laws affect only
the
>law-abiding
>> citizens. Take note Americans, before it's too late!"
>> >
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