Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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From: "Frank Spiess" <spiess@fnbop.com> To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:@vault.fnbop.com;".Net.GOV_MAIL Created: 8/8/2001 8:42 AM Subject: A letter from Australia Message: >Subject: A Word from Australia re: Firearms > >Let there be no doubt, some of the liberals here will claim to know how to >do it better... > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:05 AM > Subject: Worth repeating > From: Ed Chenel, a police officer in Australia. > >Hi Yanks, >I thought you all would like to see the real figures from Down Under. >It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a >new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own >government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million >dollars. >The first year results are now 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 alone, homicides with firearms are now >up 300 percent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, >the criminals did not and criminals still possess their guns!) >While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease 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 and assaults of the >elderly. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety >has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in >"successfully ridding Australian society of guns." >You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear your governor >or members of the state Assembly disseminating this information. >The Australian experience proves it. Guns in the hands of honest citizens >save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the >law-abiding citizens. >Take note Americans, before it's to late! >FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST! >DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY AND LET THE VOCAL MINORITY LET >THIS HAPPEN IN THE U.S. FRANK SPIESS 242 Chalk Road Carriere, Ms. 39426 601-798-1771 - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\A letter from Australia\TEXT.htm - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\A letter from Australia\Mime.822
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