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Old 03-29-2002, 06:36 PM   #1
J.J.
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I was sent this email by a friend, b4 i disseminate it, want to make sure it is accurate, need help from the aussies on the board, does this guy exist, are the numbers correct?
> > Subject: don't give up your guns
> > From: Ed Chenille, 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
> > 3.2 percent, Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 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. 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 data on the American evening news or hear your
> > governor or members of the state Assembly disseminating this
information.
> > The Australian experience proves it. 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 to late!
> >
> > PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST!
> >
> > DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY AND LET THE VOCAL
MINORITY
> LET
> > THIS HAPPEN IN THE U.S.
> >
> >
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Old 03-29-2002, 06:59 PM   #2
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As I am quite tired (and just getting that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from drinking a bottle of Domaine Liboreau 2000 Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon) all I can suggest is that this link might be worth checking out.

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