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Australian Gun Law Update�Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in AustraliaHi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the realfigures from Down Under.It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law tosurrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our owngovernment, a program costing Australia taxpayersmore 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.....lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note thatwhile the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did notand criminals still possess their guns!)While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steadydecrease 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 andassaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how publicsafety 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 thehands 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!Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?WHY? You will need it.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 STAND FOR NONSENSE AUSTRALIA: MORE VIOLENT CRIME DESPITE GUN BAN