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Funny. I just received this 10 minutes ago. Don't know if it is true or not.
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> >>Subject: Guns
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> >> > > Subject: "Australian Gun Prohibition" from Gene Hutson
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> >> > > Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts...
> >> > > From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
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> >> > > 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 too late!
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