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Australian Gun Ban Facts & Statistics

It has now been over 10 years since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.

The statistics for the years following the ban are now in:

  • Accidental gun deaths are 300% higher than the pre-1997 ban rate
  • The assault rate has increased 800% since 1991, and increased 200% since the 1997 gun ban.
  • Robbery and armed robbery have increase 20% from the pre-97 ban rate.
  • From immediately after the ban was instituted in 1997 through 2002, the robbery and armed robbery rate was up 200% over the pre-ban rates.
  • In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 171 percent. 


 

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.


Let's examine the overall murder rate and the gun murder rate in Australia.  Take note both are virtually unchanged and unaffected by the gun ban.


The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.  While the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns. Criminals in Australia now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws ONLY 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 them of this history lesson. With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

One final statistic...

Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 170 million
"The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."- John Steinbeck

7 comments:

Kleinzeit said...

A few questions. Are you actually suggesting that increased gun control caused accidental guns deaths to increase? When you say that the rate is 300% higher, are you comparing completely arbitrary numbers? I mean, the rate in 2001 (for instance) was obviously (according to your own chart) waaaay lower than in 1991 (for instance). Also, you say that the assault rate has increased since the ban... But can you not see that - according to your own chart - it has increased at a lower rate than it was increasing by before the ban? I could go on, but I won't. Suffice to say that all you evidence contradicts your argument.

Anonymous said...

The ONLY reason for the gun control is the control by the Government of the own population. With usurping more and more power (Nazi Germany, all former communist countries and any dictatorship) there is the danger for such governments, that population of the country will start to defend themselves and have means to overthrow such government. Criminals are in minority and never any danger for the government. Gun control is the goal of any dictatorship to which EVERY government is turning with the time.

Unknown said...

Would love some sources for these statistics so I can share them. All the data I have been able to find from Australian government sources is vague and incomplete.

Garnet70 said...
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Garnet70 said...

Post hoc ergo propter hoc?

Unknown said...

do these figures account for population growth..??

Truenorthcowboy said...

It would make perfect sense for accidental gun deaths to increase. There are situations that may cause someone to look for and acquire an illegal firearm perhaps a woman looking for protection against a stalker or any other reason. So they go out and get one. There is no one to teach how the gun works how to use it and general safety. Accidents happen when safe practice/learning isn't available.