Dear Allen
> > >Australia & Guns
> > >It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced
> > >to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, a program
> > >costing the government more than $500 million dollars.
It had been 3 years since in was introduced.
> > >And now the results are in:
These statistics are totally wrong.
> > >Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
It is less than this, about 1.5%
> > >Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
The true figure is around 4%
> > >Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent. (Yes, 44
> > >percent.)
It is only 12%
> > >In the state of Victoria, homicides with firearms are up 300
> > >percent.
It is down on previous years
> > >Figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed
> > >robbery with firearms (but increased drastically in the past 12 months).
Per capita it is in decline.
> > >There has been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
> > >elderly.
Wrong again, the nubers a lower than in previous years.
> > >Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain how
> > >no improvement in "safety" has been served after such monumental effort
> > >and expense was successfully expended in "ridding society of guns".
> > >Bet you won't see this data on the evening news or hear your
> > >Governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this
> > >information!
> > >
> > >It's time to state it plainly: Guns in the hands of honest citizens
> > >save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws only affect the
> > >law-abiding citizens.
> > >Take note, Californians and other Americans, before it's too late!
> > >PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR E-MAIL LIST.
Gun control has worked. The person who released this state should check their facts.
A lot of what is said is rubbish. In most sates now it is illegal to carry a knife in
public
without a good cause (ie, a part of a uniform). A person can get up to 6 months jail
for
carrying a knife (most are hit with a fine). It is illegal for a person under the age
of 18 to
buy a any sort of knife. As for guns, if you are lucky enough to have a licence (it is
very hard to get one) and don not keep your weapons sercure you lose your permit,
weapons, up $2000 and your freedom for up to 2 years.
I'm not having a go at you Allen, I'm just showing that Guncontrol does work. It is
easy
for someone in another country to use statistics from another (and change them) for
their own purpose because most people will accept what is being said as true when it
is not.
There's a storm coming, our Storm.
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