A Submission by Sheriff Blansett

Subject: Gun Law
Australian Gun Law Update

Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts...

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 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 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, 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.
DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.

BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON'T LET
THIS HAPPEN IN THE USA

Information is like fertilizer, does no good unless you
spread it.