> > Subject: Fwd: Gun Control Australia style > > > "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 guns 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 are 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 Australia 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, and Canadians now, before it's too late!" > "PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST" >