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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (605965)	3/31/2011 4:50:19 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1583374

what would that do ? How's the ban on drugs working out ?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (605965)	3/31/2011 4:55:35 PM
From: one_less	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583374

"How about a ban on guns?" How about it? 1 year after the ban... ------------------------------ 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 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". geoffmetcalf.com

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (605965)	3/31/2011 5:05:58 PM
From: one_less	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583374

2 years after the ban... "Two years after the ban, there have been further increases in crime: armed robberies by 73 percent; unarmed robberies by 28 percent; kidnappings by 38 percent; assaults by 17 percent; manslaughter by 29 percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And consider the fact that over the previous 25-year period, Australia had shown a steady decrease both in homicide with firearms and armed robbery until the ban." haciendapub.com