Gun control at work

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 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

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 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 sheeple to turn yours in?

WHY? You will need it.