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20/03/2008

A Little Gun History Lesson

Riporti qui un testo appena inviatomi da Marc Heim della Pro Tell:  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.
In 1911,  Turkey established gun  control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to  defend themselves, were rounded up and  exterminated.
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.
China  established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952,  20  million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded  up and exterminated.
Guatemala  established gun control in 1964.  From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan  Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and  exterminated.
Uganda  established gun control in 1970.  From 1971 to 1979, 300,000  Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and  exterminated.
Cambodia  established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million  'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and  exterminated.
Defenceless  people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun  control:  56 million.
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 their  own government. This was 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 5  years, 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 Above  prove it. You  won't see this data on the 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 countrymen, before it's too  late! The next  time someone talks in favour of gun control, please remind him of this  history lesson.

Commenti

Bello. Posso tradurlo sul mio blog?

Scritto da : Maurizio | 21/03/2008

OT Auguri di una Pasqua serena e felice :)

Scritto da : esperimento | 21/03/2008

Maurizio: certo.
Esperimento: tantissimi auguri anche a te

Scritto da : Pinocchio | 21/03/2008

Bello. Linko.

Scritto da : libertyfirst | 29/03/2008

Ok, grazie, l'ho tradotto sul mio blog. Sarebbe stato utile citare le fonti dei dati, almeno per quanto riguarda l'Australia. Noto inoltre una contraddizione nel testo: la legge esiste solo da un anno, ma il tasso di crimini a mano armata è in salita da 5 anni.

Scritto da : Maurizio | 31/03/2008

Il testo l'ho ricevuto da un amico della Pro Tell un'associazione svizzera che difende un diritto liberale sul porto d'armi. Come te l'ho trovata interessante e ne ho fatto copia e incolla. La fonte della mia fonte non la conosco. Mi dispiace. Buona giornata.

Scritto da : Pinocchio | 31/03/2008

Ahi ahi. I dati non sembrano veritieri. Vedere qua.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp

Scritto da : Maurizio | 31/03/2008

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