Subject: Aussie's Guns
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 a 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 them 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 to late! PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST!
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