AUSTRALIAN NO GUN STATS

[Wildscar]

I am sure most of you all have seen this in some for or fashion. But just incase yall missed it. Beside I thought I might be insitefull with the talk of now guns here and no guns there debates. Enjoy...


Australian Gun Law Update

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 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 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.

(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, while the res ident 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." You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.

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.

Take note Americans, before it's too late!

FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST.

DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.

BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN IN THE U.S.A

[spud]

I hope that never happens in America.

But if it does, I sold my guns yesterday.

[Venus Pax]

And their president/prime minister (I can't remember their term for him) stated that America's "gun culture" caused the crime at Virginia Tech on Monday.
Strange... I thought a student with murder on his mind caused that.

[Idjut]

This report screamed internet hoax to me. Not quite, but consider the following analysis (not mine) for what it's worth:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp

However, there is no denying that "Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens."