Australian gun control

Australian gun control

Note: If this statistical report is accurate, then
those of us who are residing in the United States
had better rethink any support for so-called
gun control measures now before Congress. We
must not relinquish our rightes to own and bear
firearms. To do so would be insanity. B'E Blogmaster

"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
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." 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!"