gun control

[mallardchaser]

Saw this on another forum.
Subject: Personal Firearms.
> >>
> >> Ed Chenel, a police officer in Australia asked that this be put on
the
> >> Moon
> >> list. Ed is a good friend of my neighbor, Col . Bruce Meyers, USMC
> >> (Ret).
> >> 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
> >> 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 to late!
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[Welldoggie]

Yep...seen that one a while back

Gun control means being able to hit what you're aiming at. [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]

[russell]

I would have to be put in jail before I gave up my guns. PERIOD.