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Hello Bob,
I just wanted to thank you for documentation and statistics.
eagle 1
The Eagle 1 Observer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 3:29 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Gun Control in Australia
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>http://www.guntruths.com/Resource/australia.htm
>
><A HREF="http://www.guntruths.com/Resource/australia.htm">Australia: Gun
>Control Increases Violent Crime</A>
>
>Proof Positive: Gun Control
>Increases Violent Crime
>
>The Latest Data from Australia
>
>One year ago gunowners in Australia were forced to surrender 640,381
personal
>firearms, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns. The program
>cost the government over $500 million. The results are in...a dramatic
>increase in criminal activity.
>
>At the end of 1997, after the first 12 months of being in effect, the data
>show the following:
>
>-Australia-wide:
> -homicides are up 3.2%
> -assaults are up 8.6%
> -armed-robberies are up 44%
> -unarmed robberies are up 21%
> -unlawful entries are up 3.9%
> -motor vehicle thefts are up 6.1%
>
>-In the state of Victoria:
> -the overall murder rate increased by 18 percent
> -homicides committed with firearms are up 300% (over the previous 25
>years, there was a steady decrease in homicides involving firearms. This
was
>dramatically reversed 12 months ago with the imposition of the draconian
gun
>control scheme)
> -There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of
the
>elderly
>
>[Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics]
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