The following was sent to a correspondent in the USA.
We are all aware now of the disastrous flow on of the populace being disarmed and many citizens have had first hand experience of this folly.
Criminals can now commit their crimes knowing that their is little chance of retaliation with a firearm. House invasions while the occupants are home have become common place. It is reputed that the safest places are where hand guns are permitted in the USA. Would you mug someone if you thought that person might have a hand gun? Or would you break into a house if you thought you might be blasted into eternity?
It is time idiot politicians took note of the statistics.
By the way I would not keep a firearm in my premises but I would feel comforted by the fact that a criminal might think I did.
Send the following letter to your politician with your own comments. Their Email address can be found at:- http://www.directory.gov.au/index.php.
Australian Gun Law UpdateFrom: Ed Chenel, A police officer in AustraliaHi 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! andcriminals 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!FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST. [I DID ] DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY. BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN IN THE U.S.A