It has now been one year (12 months) since gun owners in
The first year results are now available:
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
(NB: the law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal firearms, the criminal element did not and thus criminals in
While data for the 25 years preceding the confiscation of privately owned guns showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months as criminals now are assured their victims will be 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.'
This story of well intentioned government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals to own and possess firearms won't be seen in the mainstream
But, 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.
Americans may want to take note before it's too late!
sent to us by Dr. David Morris
1 comment:
Once again, the stark reality of this folly is proven in real life. I recently read an amazing book called "Armed America: the story of how guns became as American as Apple Pie". Very accurate and thoroughly researched history of firearms from the earliest colonial days to just before the War of Northern Aggression. A book I am certain the present administration wish were never published, and certainly never read. Perhaps I got it from American Vision's store? It was written as a scholarly and well-annotated counter to recent "revisionist history" that has tried to paint early Americans as unarmed citizens dependent upon government for protection. The current prelude (they hope) to the "well intentioned government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals to own and possess firearms" mentioned in the quoted article.
I recall well the comment of your local county sheriff regarding the numbers of Concealed Carry Permits in your county as compared with Los Angeles County.... something like ten thousand to four..... I'd hazard a guess these numbers are rather in line with the inverse of the number of violent crimes against persons involving firearms in the two counties. It has been interesting to observe the frenzy toward purchase of firearms and ammunition since the first week of November past. Sales in some areas are up three hundred percent year on year. Private sales at gun shows are also up significantly, and many are purchasing multiple arms against the day someone might come round looking for them to confiscate.... sure, I've got this old thing.... (and never you mind what else I've got hid). England, Canada, many European nations, several US cities, most notably Washington DC, have all gone the "disarm the citizenry" path, wiht the same disastrous result. Even after the case in DC last spring, the government want to enact a new law to perpetuate the unarmed status of DC residents, a law that will be "court proof" they hope.
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