Subject:
Australian gun ban results
Something we all already knew, but which needs to be
passed on.
Subject: 12 months of Australian gun ban results
I thought you might find this forwarded e-mail of interest.
We need to Learn from the mistakes of others; It has now been 12 months
since gun owners in Australia were forced to surrender 640,381
personal
firearms to be destroyed, a program costing the government more than $500
million dollars.
And now the results are 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, homicides with firearms are up 300 percent.
Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in armed robbery
with firearms (changed drastically in the past 12 months).
There has been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly.
Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain
how no improvement in "safety" has been observed after such monumental
effort and expense was successfully expended in "ridding society of
guns."
Bet you won't see this data on the evening news or hear your governor or
members of the state Assembly disseminating this information.
It's time to state it plainly: Guns in the hands of honest citizens save
lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws only affect the law-abiding
citizens.