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FROM AUSTRALIA---Gun Control In The Outback
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 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 too late!
PLEASE FORWARD TO
EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST!
These figures are supported in the book "More Guns Less
Crime" written by
Dr. Lott, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
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