Friday, June 17, 2016

Australian Gun Law Update

September 28, 2015

From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia 

Hi Yanks, 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 6.2 percent, 
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 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, while the resident is at home. 

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 evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.  The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the  hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens. 

Take note Americans, before it's too late!

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Find Your Favorite Movie

I'm pretty good at math, so I did it in my head, then on paper, and finally on a calculator just to confirm my numerical capabilities. Each time I got the same answer, and sure enough it IS my very favorite movie  
DO NOT cheat. DO YOUR math, THEN compare the results to the list of movies at the bottom You will be AMAZED at how scary true and accurate this test is. 
1. Pick a number from 1-9.  
2. Multiply that number by 3.  
3. Add 3.  
4. Multiply by 3 again.  
5. Your total will be a two digit number. 
Add the first and second digits together to find your favorite movie (of all time) in the list of 17 movies below:  
Movie List:  
1. Gone With the Wind 
2. Pretty Woman
3. Blazing Saddles 
4. Star Wars 
5. An Officer and a Gentlemen 
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 
7. Jaws 
8. Grease 
9. Obama's Farewell Speech & subsequent arrest for corruption & treason 
10. Casablanca  
11. Jurassic Park  
12. Shrek 
13. Pirates of the Caribbean  
14. Titanic 
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark  
16. Home Alone 
17. Mrs. Doubtfire  
Now, isn't that something?