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Here we have part 3 of the destruction of the Australian gun control myth......this shows that criminals in Australia who use illegal guns are not being kept behind bars....and they are going to see an ever increasing gun crime rate because of this policy....
Gun city: Chasing the silver bullet
He says the Angelo case, “serves as a glaring example and a cautionary tale of why the courts can’t afford to get it wrong. How can someone with a long list of prior convictions for violence, drugs and firearms offences be granted bail after pulling a gun on an officer?”
Decisions like this, he says, “beggar belief
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Bad to the bone
One of Victoria’s most notorious prisoners, Christopher Dean Binse, is another repeat offender whose new-found freedom and easy access to firearms ended in a cop staring down the barrel of a gun.
Armed robber and East Keilor siege gunman Christopher Dean 'Badness' Binse.
A prolific armed robber, Binse had spent nearly all of his adult life in prison by the time he got out in September 2011. Yet the man known as “Badness” managed to stockpile more than seven guns - including a Thompson submachine gun, shotgun and .357 revolver - in the months after his release.
Binse then went on a wild crime spree. He robbed an armoured car, threatened a police officer with a pistol and then fired heavily on armed officers during a 44-hour siege at his Keilor East home.
The chilling truth is Angelo and Binse aren’t exceptions.
In the past year alone:
“I am now becoming an old ancient; when I first worked in the courts 54 years ago, 55 years ago ... the maximum for possession of a handgun, first offence, was 12 months. Now look what has happened. In that time it has gone, if I am remembering correctly, from 12 months to seven years. That is a 700 percent increase,” Judge Pilgrim said.
Regardless, less than half of criminals are ultimately sent to prison after being found guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm, according to the Sentencing Advisory Council.
Meanwhile, the number of guns on the street swells. Firearms offences have doubled in the past five years. There is now a shooting once a week. It is only a matter of time before more innocent people get caught in the crossfire.
Last year alone, there were 755 incidents in which “prohibited persons” - those with serious criminal convictions - were caught with firearms. It’s a five-fold increase since 2011, according to the Crime Statistics Agency.
And it isn't normal, law abiding Australians doing these crimes...yet they were the ones who were disarmed....the criminals.....repeat violent criminal offenders...get guns easily.....
Gun city: Chasing the silver bullet
He says the Angelo case, “serves as a glaring example and a cautionary tale of why the courts can’t afford to get it wrong. How can someone with a long list of prior convictions for violence, drugs and firearms offences be granted bail after pulling a gun on an officer?”
Decisions like this, he says, “beggar belief
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Bad to the bone
One of Victoria’s most notorious prisoners, Christopher Dean Binse, is another repeat offender whose new-found freedom and easy access to firearms ended in a cop staring down the barrel of a gun.
A prolific armed robber, Binse had spent nearly all of his adult life in prison by the time he got out in September 2011. Yet the man known as “Badness” managed to stockpile more than seven guns - including a Thompson submachine gun, shotgun and .357 revolver - in the months after his release.
Binse then went on a wild crime spree. He robbed an armoured car, threatened a police officer with a pistol and then fired heavily on armed officers during a 44-hour siege at his Keilor East home.
The chilling truth is Angelo and Binse aren’t exceptions.
In the past year alone:
- A police officer has been shot in the head with a shotgun blast after attempting to stop a vehicle suspected to have been involved in a series of shooting and firebombing attacks on the homes of the Williams crime family
- A police van was shot as officers attempted to intercept a suspected stolen vehicle
- Members of the Hells Angels bikie gang were believed to be behind bullets being fired into a police building in a suspected revenge attack
“I am now becoming an old ancient; when I first worked in the courts 54 years ago, 55 years ago ... the maximum for possession of a handgun, first offence, was 12 months. Now look what has happened. In that time it has gone, if I am remembering correctly, from 12 months to seven years. That is a 700 percent increase,” Judge Pilgrim said.
Regardless, less than half of criminals are ultimately sent to prison after being found guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm, according to the Sentencing Advisory Council.
Meanwhile, the number of guns on the street swells. Firearms offences have doubled in the past five years. There is now a shooting once a week. It is only a matter of time before more innocent people get caught in the crossfire.
Last year alone, there were 755 incidents in which “prohibited persons” - those with serious criminal convictions - were caught with firearms. It’s a five-fold increase since 2011, according to the Crime Statistics Agency.
And it isn't normal, law abiding Australians doing these crimes...yet they were the ones who were disarmed....the criminals.....repeat violent criminal offenders...get guns easily.....
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