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Best Deck Gun?
Oh, I'm so scared!
"Danny Taddei" wrote in message ... I found this One year after gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns, a program costing the government over 500 million dollars, the results are in... A dramatic increase in criminal activity has been experienced. Gun control advocates respond "Just wait... we'll be safer... you'll see...". OBSERVABLE FACT, AFTER 12 MONTHS OF DATA: * Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2% * Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6% * Australia-wide, armed-robberies are up 44% (yes, FORTY-FOUR PERCENT) * In the state of Victoria, homicides-with-firearms are up 300% * Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in homicides-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months) * Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in armed-robbery-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months) * There has been a dramatic increase in breakins-and-assaults-of- the-elderly * At the time of the ban, the Prime Minister said "self-defense is not a reason for owning a firearm" * From 1910 to present, homicides in Australia had averaged about 1.8-per-100,000 or lower, a safe society by any standard. * The ban has destroyed Australia's standings in some international sport shooting competitions * The membership of the Australian Sports Shooting Association has risen to 112,000, a 200% increase, in response to the ban and as an attempt to organize against further controls, which are expected. * Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain how no improvement in "safety" has been observed after such monumental effort and expense was successfully expended in "ridding society of guns". Their response has been to "wait longer". Jonathan Ganz wrote: It's not my job. Do your own research. "Vito" wrote in message ... Jonathan Ganz wrote: ... a gun on a sailboat is a bad idea. It's been proven over and over. Could you cite those proofs? I've seen the same said for guns in homes. For example, the premier anti-gun org here in the USA claims one is 37 times more likely to be shot with your own gun than use it in self defense but closer examination proved that a lie - they'd juggled the stats. It then came out that the org (HCI) had been established and funded by churches to protect criminals from their victims!! With all due respect that experience has made me suspicious of "proof" til I check it out. Many intellegent, well meaning people have been duped by these religious nut cases. -- Danny Taddei e-mail me at (remove no-worms-in-a-) There's a horizon on every side. Let your soul inside be the guide and lead the way. http://members.cox.net/sandycove/index.html |
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