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Gun Control From A Police Officer in Australia
Gun Control From A Police Officer in Australia
3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \lan
gfenp2052 \cf8 It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forc
ed by a new law to}{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \l
angnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \
hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfe
np2052 \cf8 surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own gover
nment, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. }{\
fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052
\langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \
cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 The first
year results are now in: }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lan
g1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbc
h \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052
\langfenp2052 \cf8 Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent, }{\fs21 \kerni
ng2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2
052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chc
bpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 Australia-wide, assa
ults are up 9.6 percent; }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang
1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch
\af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052
\langfenp2052 \cf8 Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 pe
rcent)! }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033
\langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0
\loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf
8 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 no
t and criminals still possess their guns!) }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \a
f0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs
16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langn
p1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 While figures over the previous 25 years sh
owed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastica
lly upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that th
eir prey is unarmed. }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033
\langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af
3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \lan
gfenp2052 \cf8 There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults
of the elderly, while the resident is at home. }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hi
ch \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i
0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \
langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 Australian politicians are at a loss t
o explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expe
nse was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns ...' You wo
n't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor }{\b0 \i0 \fs16
\kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp10
33 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 or members}{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3
\hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \lang
fenp2052 \cf8 of the State Assembly disseminating this information. }{\fs21 \ke
rning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfe
np2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \
chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 The Australian ex
perience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and
property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens. }{\fs2
1 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \l
angfenp2052 \line }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \l
angnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \
hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfe
np2052 \cf8 Take note Americans, before it's too late.}{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \a
f3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{
\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang
1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 Will you be one of the sheep to
turn yours in? }{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \lang
np1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hic
h \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2
052 \cf8 WHY? You will need it.}{\fs21 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0
\lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2
\dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \chcbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langf
e2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY. }{\fs21 \kern
ing2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp
2052 \line }{\b0 \i0 \fs16 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \loch \f9 \cgrid1 \ch
cbpat15 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \cf8 BE ONE OF THE VOCAL
MINORITY WHO WON'T STAND FOR NONSENSE.}{\fs24 \kerning2 \dbch \af3 \hich \af0 \
loch \f0 \lang1033 \langnp1033 \langfe2052 \langfenp2052 \par }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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