Gun Bans and Violent Crime

[Im Neero]

While researching a project for school and I found this graph. It looked like something happened in Britain between 1997 and 1998, so I looked around a bit and found this.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/ukpga_19970005_en_1

Draw your own conclusions.

[SpacemanSpiff]

This is something I saw posted on another forum that I visit. I'm not sure how true the facts are but disturbing nonetheless.

A Little Gun Control History Lesson.

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.

From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend

themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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In 1911, Turkey established gun control.

>From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves,

were rounded up and exterminated.

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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from

1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to

defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

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China established gun control in 1935.

From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend

themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Guatemala established gun control in 1964.

From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend

themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Uganda established gun control in 1970.

From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves,

were rounded up and exterminated.

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Cambodia established gun control in 1956.

From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend

themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Defenseless people rounded up and

exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new

law t o

surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their 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!

It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!

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 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. The Australian experience and the other historical facts abo ve

prove it.

You won't see this data on the

US evening news, or hear

politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save

lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the

law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before

it's too late!

The

next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him of

this

history lesson.

With Guns...........We Are 'Citizens'.

Without Guns........We Are 'Subjects'.

During W.W.II the Japanese decided not to invade

America because they knew most

Americans were ARMED!

Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on PealHarbor had attended

Harvard U

1919-1921 & was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28. Most of our Navy was

destroyed at Pearl Harbor & our Army had been deprived of

funding & was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl

Harbor

attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland, his reply was that he had

lived in the U. S.

& knew that almost all households had guns.

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to

all

your friends! This country has a Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment

provides for the citizens of this country to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS! That is

unequivocal!

[bobmack]

some pretty interesting and convincing stats.

perhaps the mods will make that a 'sticky' less we all forget.

good post !

bob

Edited June 26, 2008 by bobmack

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