Barbarians in Our Midsts

Holly Deyo
Sept. 24, 2014

Standeyo.com

It’s one thing to read news articles detailing horrors of radical Islamists and quite another to run up against these people firsthand. This is what happened to a personal friend in Australia two days ago. We all need to pay attention to this – especially we women.

Last evening when I spoke with a girlfriend in Queensland, Patricia was uncharacteristically subdued. No bubbly enthusiasm spilling over. Since we often talk a couple times a week, her ‘off’ mood was immediately apparent. Normally she greets a ‘hello’ with ‘it’s only me’ and a giggle, and we’re off and running into a newsy, fun conversation. Usually an hour slips away without either of us noticing.

She’ll share the latest ridiculous stuff done by their government and of course, Obama and Congress offer no shortage of material here. Last night there were no amusing tales about their animals like Bailey, their newest German Shepherd, chewing holes in the wall or ‘redesigning’ a table leg; no stories about work layoffs in the car and mining industries, no news about her latest foray into natural remedies or business challenges of people ripping off her work. Instead Patricia relayed the following sobering encounter.

Since her husband, Mike, was enjoying a 3-week vacation, he accompanied her to Coles – a major grocery chain much like Safeway, Kroger or Winn-Dixie. This task is something Patty normally does by herself while Mike’s at work.

After the groceries were purchased, Patty wandered outside for a newspaper. As she dropped coins in the vending machine and retrieved the latest Courier Mail, three Muslim men accosted her on the sidewalk. One of the three stuck his face right in hers and began to verbally harass her. Patty looked around for Mike, but he was 150 yards away unaware of her predicament. When she demanded to know what he wanted, this Muslim began clucking in her face.

What the heck was up with that?

Patty said his clucking indicated disgust. This was very unnerving for a woman seemingly alone and literally defenseless. The normally unflappable Patty sensed danger and fled back inside Coles.

 

SCHITTY SCHITTY BANG BANG

Stan and I still lived in Australia when their government took advantage of the actions of a deranged man, mentally challenged Martin Bryant, after he killed 35 people in Tasmania and injured another 23. Since Australia doesn’t have the death penalty, Bryant is serving 35 life sentences plus 1,035 years without chance of parole. Quite a waste of space and resources to keep this crazy person alive. My personal opinion. No motive was released to the public for Martin’s actions. However, his lawyer wrote a book detailing the massacre. In it he revealed that Bryant was fixated on murders committed at an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland the month before. He continually prodded his lawyer asking how many people had he, Martin Bryant, killed – was it more than the 17 who lost their lives in Scotland? 

Photo: Martin Bryant
 

Within 6 months of what became known as the Port Arthur Massacre, the Aussie govt. initiated a total gun recall on Sept. 30, 1996. They hit people when they felt vulnerable and few resisted. Little did they reason out that the bad guys would still have weapons and the only people disarmed – for the most part – were law abiding citizens. Does this ring a Sandy Hook bell? Politicos took that opportunity to push through onerous firearms legislation here in America. If liberals could accomplish it, we too, would be completely without self protection of the 2nd Amendment.

DEADLY DUMB MOVE

Over the years, I’ve read numerous articles quoting Australian crime stats after their firearms buyback. Some were correct, some not. Below is the real deal. I kept the numbers from the SSAA (Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia) that published them straight from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ publicationRecorded Crime, 1998.
 

“The data indicate that between 1996 and 1997, serious crime increased considerably in Australia. Murder rose by 3.2%; assaults increased by 8.6%; armed robbery grew by a frightening 44%; unarmed robbery increased by 21%; unlawful entry with intent, including both (UEWI) involving the taking of property and (UEWI) ‘other’, rose by 3.9%, while motor vehicle theft increased by 6.1%”.
 

“The rise in the number of murders is particularly significant, bearing in mind that the increase took place at the same time as the Federal Government was forcibly appropriating people’s firearms, premised on the argument that it would lead to a ‘safer community’ – the increase becomes even more dramatic if one allows for the 35 murders in one incident in 1996. Similarly, the enormous increase in the number of both armed and unarmed robberies raises some serious doubts about the government’s claims. According to the ABS data, armed robbery underwent the most significant increase of any category of crime in 1997.
 

“Comparing the 1997 murder rates with the levels of firearm density within particular states also brings up some critical questions about the supposed relationship between homicide and gun ownership. According to the ABS figures, Western Australia, which is generally acknowledged as having the lowest firearm ownership density per head of population, with around 7.8% of persons over the age of 15 owning a gun, currently has a murder rate of 1.67 persons per 100,000.

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