Australian Gun Law Update;


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 two years 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 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 Congressmen
or members of the Senate 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!