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>I know I promised, but I couldn't help myself...
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>RH....hey I been talking Spridgets for over a week!
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> Subject: Australian Gun control
> Thought this was interesting information. This came from my friend
>Liz in Australia. Fanny Dell
> "Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real figures from
> Down Under.
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> It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were
> forced by 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.
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> 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 guns in, the criminals did not and criminals still possess
> their guns!
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> 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.
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> There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of
> the elderly.
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> 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.
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> You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear your
> governor or members of the state Assembly disseminating this
> information.
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> 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.
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> Take note Americans, before it's too late!"
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> "PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST"
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