Australian statistical new gun law report

[bside303]

Australian Gun Law Update Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts.... From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia. Why is it we are the only ones who see we are headed.


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 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 lone, 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 governor or members of the State Assembly 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! Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in? WHY? You will need it

--"One Nation Under God"

IN GOD WE TRUST

[two shoes]

Awesome link to it: http://bit.ly/W87dNh

Or go read SNOPES....http://http://www.snopes.com/crime/s...cs/ausguns.asp

[Bailey Guns]

How timely. This "Australian" email has only been going around for like 12 YEARS.

[JMBD2112]

How timely. This "Australian" email has only been going around for like 12 YEARS.

I was about to say 10 years...still proves a point though

[dogbreath650]

And the point, from reading the Snopes analysis, is that stats can be manipulated - something we all know. The stats given in the article aren't statistically significant enough to draw conclusions or to extrapolate to the US. I would love to have defendable stats to use in future arguments but I don't think these are it...

[kwando]

Yes should take out "new" out of the title since the ban was conducted in 96-97. There should be a more official and updated review of the ban and the gun buy back program in Australia

[AR_ART]

Links don't work....

[sniper7]

Links don't work....

they are 12 years old!

[SA Friday]

[MOD] Closed.

[jerrymrc]

[MOD] Closed.

I was wondering how long it would take them.