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 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!

FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST. [I DID ]
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