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> From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia Hi Yanks,
> I thought you all would like to see the now available data
> from Down Under. It has now been one year (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 cos ting Australia taxpayers more
> than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now
> available: Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent;
> Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 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 as compared with the last one year period when
> private ownership of a firearm was legal. (NB: the
> law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal firearms,
> the criminal element did not and thus criminals in Australia
> still possess their guns.) While data for the 25 years
> preceding the confiscation of privately owned guns showed a
> steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has
> changed drastically upward in the past 12 months as
> criminals now are assured their victims will be unarmed.
> There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and
> assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
> 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.' This story of well intentioned
> government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals
> to own and possess firearms won't be seen in the
> mainstream US media or on the American evening news. Senator
> Obama who advocates a similar confiscation in the US will
> not be reporting any of this to you. But, the Australian
> experience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest
> citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws
> affect only the law-abiding citizens. Americans may want to
> take note before it's too late!
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>
> FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST. DON'T BE A
> MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY. BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE VOCAL
> MINORITY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN
> AUSTRALIA HAPPEN IN THE US !
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts
>
>
> From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia Hi Yanks,
> I thought you all would like to see the now available data
> from Down Under. It has now been one year (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 cos ting Australia taxpayers more
> than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now
> available: Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent;
> Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 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 as compared with the last one year period when
> private ownership of a firearm was legal. (NB: the
> law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal firearms,
> the criminal element did not and thus criminals in Australia
> still possess their guns.) While data for the 25 years
> preceding the confiscation of privately owned guns showed a
> steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has
> changed drastically upward in the past 12 months as
> criminals now are assured their victims will be unarmed.
> There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and
> assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
> 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.' This story of well intentioned
> government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals
> to own and possess firearms won't be seen in the
> mainstream US media or on the American evening news. Senator
> Obama who advocates a similar confiscation in the US will
> not be reporting any of this to you. But, the Australian
> experience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest
> citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws
> affect only the law-abiding citizens. Americans may want to
> take note before it's too late!
>
>
> FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST. DON'T BE A
> MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY. BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE VOCAL
> MINORITY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN
> AUSTRALIA HAPPEN IN THE US !
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