Bob Barr
Posted on 07/16/2003 1:12:55 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
A U.N. group is working toward establishment of an international system to register and regulate civilian possession of firearms, according to a former congressman.
The ultimate aim of many members of the conference on small arms is to outlaw personal ownership of guns altogether, said Georgia Republican Bob Barr in an interview yesterday on the newly syndicated WorldNetDaily Report with Joseph Farah.
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Barr was an official representative of the U.S. State Department's delegation at the conference's week-long session last week. It is known officially as the first Biennial Meeting of States on the Implementation of the Program of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.
At the beginning of the session, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged members to redouble efforts to curb small arms and light weapons.
"The United Nations remains firmly committed to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons in all its aspects," he said.
The group will meet again in 2005, followed by a review conference scheduled for 2006.
If not for the U.S. State Department and organizations such as the National Rifle Association, "this locomotive would have had a lot more steam," Barr said.
Barr commended U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton for focusing the U.N.'s attention on international trafficking of illicit arms and not on U.S. ownership of arms.
"He has done an outstanding job of monitoring this and standing up to it in a way the State Department frequently does not do," Barr said.
However, Barr warned that many member nations, including the UK, Netherlands and India, want to set up a legally binding protocol requiring all U.N. countries to start registration of firearms.
The potential implications of that are enormous, he said, noting it is a small step toward the ultimate nightmare of American gun owners – "the U.N. knocking on our door to get our firearms."
"If we were to allow in any way, shape or form the U.N. to begin the process of registering and regulating fire arms – ultimately their goal of doing away with personal firearms – we would have dealt a blow to our sovereignty," he said.
Barr called on citizens to urge their representatives to stay on top of the issue and ensure the U.S. is not faced with a legally-binding document that would commit the country to some form of firearms registration and regulation by the U.N. or any outside authority.
"The presence of several anti-gun groups at this and other related conferences underscores the threat they pose to the constitutional rights of American citizens if we fail to closely monitor their activities," Barr said in a statement. "In fact, many of these groups receive substantial funding from anti-firearms governments to move their agenda."
During the conference, the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey released its findings for 2002, which paid special attention to U.S. gun ownership.
"By any measure the United States is the most armed country in the world," the report said. "With roughly 83 to 96 guns per 100 people, the United States is approaching a statistical level of one gun per person."
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But then, it'd become all too apparent that the U.N. has but one intention: disarming every citizen and making them subjects.
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I thought the Supreme Court rules in a democracy...
at least they seem to think they do
It's a good thing then that we live in a Constitutional Representative Republic instead of a democracy,...but then,...I don't think many folks know that.
...and the dumbing down of America continues.
This is America, where most gun owning citizens could give a rat's a$$ what the UN, or any other country for that matter, thinks about our gun laws.
What's sad noobie is the millions of Jews, Russians, and Cambodians murdered by their governments right after their guns were confiscated.
What's sad is the places in America that have the strictest gun control laws, like D.C., have the highest violent crime rate.
What's really sad, are people like you that have bought the lies of the anti-gunners while being grossly ignorant to the lessons of history.
One way or another, this will end in a fight.
Liar. Most of the govts in the UN are thug-ocracies with brutal torturing secret police, where elections are a sham.
Most of the world doesn't share American attitudes to firearms.
Most of the world has never had a chance to express their view in a meaningful way. Do you trust the govt of China, Cuba and Libya to tell you what their enslaved people think about this?
In a democracy the majority rules.
So if 51% of a population votes to "get rid of unwanted minority X" that is okay with you? That is why we live in a constitutional republic, not a pure democracy.
A pure democracy is two wolves voting to have the sheep for dinner. Are you certain you want that?
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