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17 Years After Gun Bans in Australia… Police Say Gun Crime is Out of Control
weapon-blog.com ^ | 6/13/2014 | Aaron Spuler

Posted on 06/14/2014 10:34:21 AM PDT by rktman

In 1996 Australia unloaded some of the most severe gun bans and gun confiscation programs on record. And for the guns that were not confiscated gun owners were forced to enter into license agreements and have their guns registered so the government knew what guns everyone had.

Well, they really only knew what guns the law abiding had, since none of the criminals actually followed the program. Fancy that.

Breitbart just reported some interesting developments in Australia that prove all the anti-gun lawmakers wrong. Gun control does NOT take guns out of the hands of criminals, it only disarms the law abiding, while making everyone less safe.

(Excerpt) Read more at weapon-blog.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 2a; australia; banglist; guncontrol; guncontrolnazis
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To: rktman

Some tell me they have more than bats. Batter Up!


21 posted on 06/14/2014 10:59:52 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: rktman

Even for a blog post, this is really short on good info or sourcing.


22 posted on 06/14/2014 11:01:58 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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Hey Bulldog ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qWO8yFAdVo ... Twenty Hands.


23 posted on 06/14/2014 11:02:17 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: rktman

A disarmed population are nothing more than slaves.


24 posted on 06/14/2014 11:03:10 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Flag_This

Who’d A Thunk It???????????????????????????


25 posted on 06/14/2014 11:04:09 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: Flag_This

I wonder who is toting the guns around? I thought banning them kept criminals from getting them too?.../s


26 posted on 06/14/2014 11:04:10 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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The Left needs guns to keep guns away from the good citizen.


27 posted on 06/14/2014 11:04:22 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TADSLOS

Yes,me “Sainted Mum”Strongly Advised me to avoid ALL Roads with this sort of”Pavement”!!She Was RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


28 posted on 06/14/2014 11:05:34 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: rktman

I bet they wished they had left Good enough alone...liberals are soooo stupid!

29 posted on 06/14/2014 11:08:25 AM PDT by BCW (Amazon: "Babylon's Covert War" - the Iraq conflict explained in detail)
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Seek Happiness Australia ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asLiO4hSHP8 ... Happy to know so many our Fellow Aussies Are Ready ...


30 posted on 06/14/2014 11:08:55 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: rktman

No reason to believe that Obama and Holder don’t like gun crime and gang violence; school shootings they absolutely crave.


31 posted on 06/14/2014 11:09:19 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: rktman

32 posted on 06/14/2014 11:09:23 AM PDT by mylife
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To: BCW

LOL!


33 posted on 06/14/2014 11:10:15 AM PDT by mylife
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To: Louis Foxwell
> Nailed it. The left does not recognize the importance of any individual. The liberal ethic is based on the good accruing to a collective of nameless, numberless persons. It does not matter what one person does to another person. It only matters that the ruler is capable of controlling the collective. This is precisely the reason liberalism is morally degenerate. This is precisely why the US will never tolerate socialism as a permanent social contract. In othe words:


34 posted on 06/14/2014 11:10:45 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Flag_This

No, it’s not ironic.

Legislators knew what they were getting into when they took away the only means for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves against criminals.

You can bet that these same legislators either carry concealed or have a bodyguard paid for by the very citizens that they disarmed.

Government seems to be on the side of the criminal because they never disarmed them as they did with the non-criminal element.


35 posted on 06/14/2014 11:11:03 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: no-to-illegals
No 1 Aussie joke:

Why do Aussies oil their lawns....?

Answer: To keep their guns lubricated.

Second Aussie joke....

A lodger is like a possum....

Eats Roots and Leaves.

36 posted on 06/14/2014 11:14:22 AM PDT by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: spokeshave

LOL ...


37 posted on 06/14/2014 11:15:16 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: rktman

Now appearing in ‘News That Won’t Be Reported in America.’


38 posted on 06/14/2014 11:28:59 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Flag_This

NO! It is not ironic!! It is just plain common sense!!!

Criminals by definition do not obey rules, laws or regulations.

Gun control applies ONLY to the law abiding. It discourages law abiding from owning guns and gives unfair advantage to criminals.


39 posted on 06/14/2014 11:33:26 AM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: Flick Lives
Leftists cannot abide by anyone but themselves having power

Exactly
The crimes against citizens argument is a straw man. It just gins up support for gun control.
The politician's real concern is their own skin.

40 posted on 06/14/2014 11:33:57 AM PDT by Vinnie
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