THIS WAS FORWARDED FROM
A GUY IN AUSTRALIA
Juneau Gun Club
Aug. 25, 2000
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!
