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Aussy LEO letter???
Wagion
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I was forearded this not sure if the info is legit or acurate or ifthe whole email is even legit but if it is makes ya think...
>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 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 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!
_________________________________________________________________
If force ain't work'n... Your not use'n nough of it.
I know the spelling is bad but guess what I DON'T CARE
>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 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 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!
_________________________________________________________________
If force ain't work'n... Your not use'n nough of it.
I know the spelling is bad but guess what I DON'T CARE