Ted Cruz: Australian Gun Confiscation Led to a Rise in Rape. True Story?

By Robert Farago

United States – (AmmoLand.com)- Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz recently told a rally that rape soared in Australia after gun confiscation. The anti-gun left jumped into full swing to discredit this candidate’s comments. I read some of the most bizarre and inventive discussions as to why the candidate HAD to be making it up. The Washington Post gave the statement four Pinocchios. Dear Anti-gunners…Not liking a statement does not make it untrue. So below are two tables, once showing the RISE in rapes in Australia from 1997 to 2007. The other shows the drop in rapes in the US. No spin just facts . . .

Rapes in Australia – 1995 to 2007, the source, is the Australian Institute of Criminology:

The following table is of crime in the U.S., including rape and murders, the source if the FBI unified crime report. The rapes are in BLUE:

The simple fact is that Australia had a massive gun confiscation and rapes increased …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns