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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2359499" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>I recall some democrats saying that they wanted the same types of gun controls as Australia, I wonder if they ever read this story;</p><p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2016/09/11/melburne-australia-shooting-every-week-since-january-2015/" target="_blank">Gun-Controlled Melbourne: More Than One Shooting A Week Since January 2015 - Breitbart</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Gun-controlled Melbourne, Australia, has witnessed more than one shooting a week every week on average since January 2015.</strong></span></p><p>According to <em><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/gun-city/day1.html" target="_blank">The Age</a></em>, “Crimes associated with firearm possession have also more than doubled, driven by the easy availability of handguns, semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and, increasingly, machine guns, that are smuggled into the country or stolen from licensed owners.” In fact, “criminals are now better armed than at any time since then-Prime Minister John Howard introduced a nationwide firearm buyback scheme in response to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.”</p><p><em>The Age</em> summarizes:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There have been at least 99 shootings in the past 20 months – more than one incident a week since January 2015</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Known criminals were caught with firearms 755 times last year, compared to 143 times in 2011</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The epicentre of the problem is a triangle between Coolaroo, Campbellfield and Glenroy in the north-west, with Cranbourne, Narre Warren and Dandenong in the south-east close behind</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Criminals are using gunshot wounds to the arms and legs as warnings to pay debts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assault rifles and handguns are being smuggled into Australia via shipments of electronics and metal parts<br /> <br /> </li> </ul><p>In his latest book, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Guns-Yourself-Against-Control/dp/1621575802/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473222378&sr=8-1&keywords=The+War+On+Guns" target="_blank">The War on Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies</a></em>, John R. Lott Jr. gives readers a glimpse at the impotency of gun control in Australia as a whole. He points out that the confiscatory policies that took in and destroyed over one million guns in 1996 and 1997 had–for all intents and purposes–been undone by 2010, when “the number of privately owned guns was back to the 1996 level.” Lott writes, “While Australia’s population grew by 19 percent between 1997 and 2010, the total number of guns soared by 45 percent.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2359499, member: 12952"] I recall some democrats saying that they wanted the same types of gun controls as Australia, I wonder if they ever read this story; [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2016/09/11/melburne-australia-shooting-every-week-since-january-2015/"]Gun-Controlled Melbourne: More Than One Shooting A Week Since January 2015 - Breitbart[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Gun-controlled Melbourne, Australia, has witnessed more than one shooting a week every week on average since January 2015.[/B][/SIZE] According to [I][URL='http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/gun-city/day1.html']The Age[/URL][/I], “Crimes associated with firearm possession have also more than doubled, driven by the easy availability of handguns, semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and, increasingly, machine guns, that are smuggled into the country or stolen from licensed owners.” In fact, “criminals are now better armed than at any time since then-Prime Minister John Howard introduced a nationwide firearm buyback scheme in response to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.” [I]The Age[/I] summarizes: [LIST] [*]There have been at least 99 shootings in the past 20 months – more than one incident a week since January 2015 [*]Known criminals were caught with firearms 755 times last year, compared to 143 times in 2011 [*]The epicentre of the problem is a triangle between Coolaroo, Campbellfield and Glenroy in the north-west, with Cranbourne, Narre Warren and Dandenong in the south-east close behind [*]Criminals are using gunshot wounds to the arms and legs as warnings to pay debts [*]Assault rifles and handguns are being smuggled into Australia via shipments of electronics and metal parts [/LIST] In his latest book, [I][URL='https://www.amazon.com/War-Guns-Yourself-Against-Control/dp/1621575802/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473222378&sr=8-1&keywords=The+War+On+Guns']The War on Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies[/URL][/I], John R. Lott Jr. gives readers a glimpse at the impotency of gun control in Australia as a whole. He points out that the confiscatory policies that took in and destroyed over one million guns in 1996 and 1997 had–for all intents and purposes–been undone by 2010, when “the number of privately owned guns was back to the 1996 level.” Lott writes, “While Australia’s population grew by 19 percent between 1997 and 2010, the total number of guns soared by 45 percent.” [/QUOTE]
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