Australia Warns America: Don’t Let Them Take Your Guns!
Government officials and citizens in Australia speak out to warn America “Don’t Let Them Take Your Guns!” According to reports when the Gun Ban went into effect in Australia the crime rate spiraled out of control. The police officers are overwhelmed and are unable to protect the citizens due to so much crime.
When the forced gun ban (buy back program) went into effect law abiding citizens had to turn in their semi automatic firearms, pump action rifles, and shotguns or face going to jail. Six hundred forty thousand conventional firearms were taken out of the hands of law abiding citizens, confiscated and destroyed. Law abiding citizens followed the law and turned in their weapons. Citizens were promised safety in return for turning in their guns. Does any of this sound familiar, like UN Gun Treaty perhaps?
Since the gun ban in Australia, armed robberies are up 69%, assaults with guns up 28%, gun murders increased 19%, and home invasions jumped 21%. More proof that not only does gun control not work, it makes it safer for the criminals at large.Read More: http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/08/australia-warns-...
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sonofason 2012/08/19 01:23:48
I was just interested in how the use of guns could effect the changes that are needed. You may have gathered that I am not an advocate of guns (anywhere). :-)
"How bout we use our guns to take back our country, while we still have our guns"
and asked you specifically how you would put this into effect. You have not been able to do that. As for justifying guns in general - well for me they are not justified in a civilised society. Please read the very robust response from the Australian lady Noobcake. There is not a lot more one can add to that. Most decent-minded citizens of Great Britain are of the very same opinion. I live in a society where not only would the concept of an armed burglar be incomprehensible but our front door is left unlocked during the day. I am not saying there is no crime - just that criminals generally are unarmed - like our police force. Guns are evil but I cannot see America even being rid of them. The concept of gun ownership is so deeply entrenched in your society that it is (sadly) just part of everyday life.
I wonder if you in America even got to hear about this massacre. There is more at:
http://goo.gl/Gd5sv
In the picture above.. Those are not the bad guys lying on the ground.
In Australia, The Herald Sun reports that Visy Industries, a recycling and packaging company (slogan: “For a Better World”), has been employing Hells Angels as debt collectors. Visy allegedly had been selling boxes to a criminal organization in the fruit and vegetable business that refused to pay its bills. Other mainstream businesses have also sought closer ties with the biker gang.
http://www.latitudenews.com/s...
Do you think I am a retard? If I could be bothered I could find a similarly negative and current article for each and every country with a sizeable population right now. That article means nothing.
But, now you mention it, you may have noticed that here on Sodahead they recently made a poll regarding Melbourne, Australia's place at #1 on the 2012 Global Livability Scale - which takes into account crime among other things. 4 of our 8 capital cities were in the TOP 10 and ALL our capital cities rated above ANY American city. So I think we mustn't be doing TOO bad, don't you think??
What about the experience of other countries? In 1997, just 12 months after a new gun law went into effect in Australia, homicides jumped 3.2 percent, armed robberies 44 percent, and assaults 8.6 percent. In the state of Victoria, homicides went up 300 percent. Before the law was passed, statistics showed a steady decrease in armed robberies with firearms. In 1998, in the state of South Australia, robbery with a firearm increased nearly 60 percent. In 1999, the assault rate in New South Wales rose almost 20 percent.
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd...
Nothing of the sort happened, in fact just the opposite took place. In 1997, just 12 months after the new laws went into effect, across Australia homicides jumped 3.2 percent, armed robberies were up a whopping 44 percent, assaults up 8.6 and in the state of Victoria there was a 300 percent increase in homicides. Prior to the new dictatorial anti-gun laws, statistics showed a steady decrease in armed robberies with firearms; now, there has been a dramatic increase in break-ins, especially against the elderly.
In 1998, in the state of South Australia, robbery with a firearm increased nearly 60 percent. In 1999, new figures reveal that the assault rates in the state of NSW has risen almost 20 percent.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the crime rate for burglary in America is now substantially less than Australia, Canada, and Britain.
http://gunowners.org/hlr-au.htm