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United Nation Office for Disarmament Affairs: Small Arms - (Marking, Tracing, Ownership)
The United Nations ^ | PREVIEW: 27 Aug - 7 Sep, 2012 | UN

Posted on 07/26/2012 9:41:00 AM PDT by xzins

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See the following definition of small arms from the Inter-Parliamentary Union http://www.ipu.org/conf-e/114/114-1.htm

Especially see below where it says: "may need to be regulated"

The IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations:

THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN STRENGTHENING CONTROL OF TRAFFICKING IN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS AND THEIR AMMUNITION

Resolution adopted by consensus* by the 114th Assembly (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)

The 114th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

Deeply concerned by the tremendous human suffering, especially for women and children, who are the most vulnerable in armed conflicts, associated with the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW),

Stressing that, by definition, SALW include all arms that can be used by one person alone and all associated ammunition, including grenades, rockets, missiles, mortar shells and man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), and that landmines can be considered as having similar effects,

Recalling that items such as daggers, machetes, clubs, spears, and bows and arrows are also frequently used in armed conflicts and criminal acts, and that, although they do not fall under the SALW category, their use may need to be regulated,

1 posted on 07/26/2012 9:41:11 AM PDT by xzins
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To: xzins
What about:

Forks?

Sporks?

Bic Pens?

2 posted on 07/26/2012 9:47:46 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: xzins
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3 posted on 07/26/2012 9:51:35 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Paladin2

I truly am surprised the bic pen is not on the list. We inflicted serious damage with them when in junior high school

In the IPU paper they had serious heartburn figuring out whether to classify knives that are part of ceremonial dress as small arms under the UN SALW definition.

That makes bic pens and forks...not to mention slingshots...a serious concern.


4 posted on 07/26/2012 9:55:32 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Paladin2
So they get their way by taking all small arms away for the HONEST people and nothing will change. The killings and rampage will go on and on, Chicago is a great example. Guns are banned in Chicago and the violence is worse than ever. Then on the other side of the coin, allow everyone to have a gun and watch the Chicago crime GO DOWN.

Get rid of the U.N, in THIS country and leave us the hell alone. Have you seen any major rebellions here due to private firearm ownership? I didn't think so.

Get the U.N, the hell out of our business and our country.

5 posted on 07/26/2012 9:55:43 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: xzins
MOLON LABE, bitches.

If the UN treaty goes through, I am perfectly willing to join any self-regulated army that will go to war with the United Nations.

I can't march very far, but I can shoot straight and I have communications and hacking skills to offer.

6 posted on 07/26/2012 9:56:08 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

From my cold, dead fingers, Engineer.

Whatever else you think of insurgents in Iraq and Afghan, we have to admit they have wrought hell with small arms and ingenuity.

If I were bent on world, socialist conquest, I’d want to get rid of small arms, too.

If every capable American had at least one firearm, there is no tyrant who’d be safe and no army that wouldn’t have to pause at some point or let their guard down in some way.

One at a time.


7 posted on 07/26/2012 10:04:02 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

If we ever get a conservative president, a conservative senate, and a conservative House, I’m going to shout long and loud for one of their initial acts being, getting us out of the UN.


8 posted on 07/26/2012 10:06:31 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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If every capable American had at least one firearm,

Exactamundo. Was it Admiral Yakimura (Empire of Japan) who said, "a rifle behind every blade of grass"?

9 posted on 07/26/2012 10:07:51 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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and when you can march no farther, I will march

and I'll bring my own gear.

MOLON LABE!

10 posted on 07/26/2012 10:19:17 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: backwoods-engineer
Exactamundo. Was it Admiral Yakimura (Empire of Japan) who said, "a rifle behind every blade of grass"?

It's almost certain at this point that he didn't say it, nor did any figure in WWII.

But it's still damned true.

μολὼν λαβέ!
11 posted on 07/26/2012 10:24:43 AM PDT by verum ago (A good physical therapist is half friend, half sadist.)
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To: Progov

“Get the U.N, the hell out of our business and our country.”

Ain’t gonna happen. The folks that really run this country like the UN just fine, why, one of them donated the land the UN sits on.


12 posted on 07/26/2012 10:25:00 AM PDT by dljordan ("Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered.")
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To: xzins

Why didn’t we think of it before! The UN could ban trafficking in humans generally, young women exploited as sex slaves, drugs, endangered species parts, etc., and these evils will magically end. (U)tter (N)onsense.


13 posted on 07/26/2012 10:30:02 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: backwoods-engineer

It won’t be Blue Hats, but US police and military.

And it will be drones, at first.


14 posted on 07/26/2012 10:34:54 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: xzins
From the posting: Small arms are cheap, light, and easy to handle, transport and conceal.

They are also almost childishly easy to make from scratch using the most basic of machine tools. What are they gonna do....outlaw every lathe and mill in the world? Good luck with your world economy if you do that! Ooooh! Oooh! I know....how about killing or imprisoning everyone who has the knowledge of how to make guns using machine tools? Dang!....there goes that world economy again.

These people aren't just asshats. They're STUPID asshats.

15 posted on 07/26/2012 10:40:03 AM PDT by RepRivFarm ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
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To: xzins

Just get it over with. Ban all ‘humans’. I guess in a way, they are.
Without self-respect, freedom, one tends to die quicker.


16 posted on 07/26/2012 10:41:15 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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To: redgolum

You really think that the Police would start something they couldn’t finish? And would the military really start killing Americans on American soil? I hope I would be wrong to say no. But in this time and day who freaking really knows.


17 posted on 07/26/2012 10:51:38 AM PDT by crazydad (-` sd)
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And would the military really start killing Americans on American soil?

The make up of those soldiers might make a difference.

Something to consider...would a brigade or two of heavily armed "rainbow" warriors looking for payback for their perceived slights make you think twice about what "American" soldiers might or might not do?

18 posted on 07/26/2012 11:03:09 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: crazydad

Yes I do. 100%.

They will follow orders. That is what they are trained to do. Some will resist, but enough pressure will be brought on them they will follow in the end.

I know cops, personally and in my family, who said they will come to my house and take my guns if ordered to. Why? Because it is their job, and if I don’t like it vote for someone else.

To think otherwise is to be ignorant.


19 posted on 07/26/2012 11:03:35 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: dljordan

They are welcome to all my arms and ammo, ammo first.


20 posted on 07/26/2012 11:13:49 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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