オーストラリアの銃規制

オーストラリアで一般市民が銃を所持することが規制されてから１年たち、の一般市民から640,381丁の銃が規制された。この一年では、犯罪は逆に増加している。

オーストラリア全国では、殺人は3.2パーセント、傷害事件8.6パーセント、武装強盗44パーセントの増加。ビクトリア州単独では、銃器を使った殺人事件が300パーセント（３倍）も増加しているのだ。

一般市民は銃器を提出したが、犯罪者は提出していないからだ。

善良な市民の手に自分の銃があって、自分で命と財産を守ることができるわけだ。
　
オーストラリアの警察官の投稿。銃規制の意味を考えさせるものです。日本では、このような視点の話を目にするのも珍しいのでは？
　
'What Happens When Citizens Guns Are Taken Away'

From Ed Chenel, Australian Police Officer

Hi Yanks and Canadians - I thought you all would like to see the real figures from Down Under. 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 our 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!)

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 the 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. You won't see this on the American /Canadian evening news or hear your government or members of the State Assembly amd Ottawa parliament disseminating this information.

The Australian experience proves it. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding public. Take note Americans and Canadians before it's too late!