The mentally insane should not be allowed to own guns, neither should criminals be allowed to own guns, and those that want a gun should be sent to a training program either veteran certified or a gun certified program.
Gun control does not work, and if you think it does read the following from an Australian police officer!
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 up3.2 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 previous25 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 data 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!
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp#BUoKE0vB86BDgxri.99
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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
The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up
While figures over the previous
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 data 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!
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp#BUoKE0vB86BDgxri.99
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Copyright © 2013 [JAMES THOMAS FRIDAS]. All Rights Reserved.