-Caveat Lector- Australian Gun Control Australians have found that controlling the private ownership of firearms doesn't control crime, despite what the gun grabbers advocate in the United States. Exclusive To The SPOTLIGHT By Mike Blair A $500 million program to force 18.5 million Australians to hand in virtually all of their firearms last year resulted in burgeoning crime and chaos. Australians were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns. According to the latest statistics in Australia, homicides are up by 3.2 percent, assaults are up 8.6 percent and armed robberies have increased by a whopping 44 percent. The rise in crime in Australia proves that controlling the private ownership of firearms is a failure. And yet what has happened in Australia is ignored by Handgun Control Inc. (HCI) and other anti-Second Amendment organizations in the United States, as well as the Clinton administration and Capitol Hill's most rabid gun grabbers, such as Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). The Australian statistics are frightening and should move those in the U.S. government interested in further curbing the right of Americans to keep and bear arms to take a second look at the issue. In the Australian state of Victoria, for example, homicides with firearms are up 300 percent, proving the old American adage: "When guns are banned only criminals will have guns." DRAMATIC CHANGE The statistics in Australia over the last 25 years indicate a steady decrease in homicides with firearms, a fact which changed dramatically in just a year. In addition, statistics over the previous quarter of a century indicate a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, which also changed dramatically with the disarming of the Australian public last year. Nevertheless, Clinton, Schumer and HCI are pushing forward for more stringent gun legislation, ignoring the self defense needs of Americans, the constitutional arguments about the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment and, of course, the example of Australia. We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
