Fw: Report from Australia

Not to start the Gun Control Rant again, but here's a little
data...

>> Learn from the mistakes of others;
>>
>> It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were
forced to
>> surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, a
program costing
>> the government more than $500 million dollars.   And now the
results are
>> in:
>> -  Australia wide, homicides are up 3.2 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, homicides with firearms are up
300 percent.
>> -  Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease
in armed
>> robbery with firearms (changed drastically
>>
>>					      in the past 12
months).
>> -  There has been a dramatic increase in break-ins and
assaults of the
>> elderly.
>> -  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."
>> -  Bet you won't see this data on the evening news or hear
your governor
>> or members of the state Assembly disseminating this
information. (Sounds
>> like the US News Media Industry)