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http://www.guntruths.com/Resource/australia.htm
<A HREF="http://www.guntruths.com/Resource/australia.htm">Australia: Gun
Control Increases Violent Crime</A>
Proof Positive: Gun Control
Increases Violent Crime
The Latest Data from Australia
One year ago gunowners in Australia were forced to surrender 640,381 personal
firearms, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns. The program
cost the government over $500 million. The results are in...a dramatic
increase in criminal activity.
At the end of 1997, after the first 12 months of being in effect, the data
show the following:
-Australia-wide:
-homicides are up 3.2%
-assaults are up 8.6%
-armed-robberies are up 44%
-unarmed robberies are up 21%
-unlawful entries are up 3.9%
-motor vehicle thefts are up 6.1%
-In the state of Victoria:
-the overall murder rate increased by 18 percent
-homicides committed with firearms are up 300% (over the previous 25
years, there was a steady decrease in homicides involving firearms. This was
dramatically reversed 12 months ago with the imposition of the draconian gun
control scheme)
-There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
elderly
[Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics]
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