Posted on 04/01/2013 6:54:07 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
Individuals 55 and older would lose their right to keep and bear arms under a provision thats expected to be included as part of a comprehensive United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty.
UN Secretary Gen. Ban Ki-moon spoke about the impetus behind the controversial measure at a press conference over the weekend in New York City, the site of the final negotiations between the 193 Member States.
Regulating the international transfers of both weapons and ammunition is a key component of a robust arms trade treaty, as is limiting civilian access to small arms and munitions, said Ban Ki-moon.
Theres an emerging consensus that certain groups should be restricted from possessing conventional arms, certainly those who fuel conflict, arm criminals or violations of international humanitarian or human rights law are at the top of the list, Ban Ki-moon continued.
But also, the international community believes segments of the population that present a danger to themselves and others, chiefly individuals deemed or adjudicated mentally defective and persons with attenuating cerebral faculties, should be added to that list.
While Ban Ki-moon did not elaborate on what he meant by persons with attenuating cerebral faculties, a UN liaison with Amnesty International spelled it out in an interview with the Washington Post.
Simply put, the UN believes guns dont belong in the hands of the elderly, said H. Michael Chase, an attorney for the human rights watchdog group.
(Excerpt) Read more at guns.com ...
They start with 55, then it will be 50, then 45...
FU Monkey Moon.
OK, you got me.
But I still want the UN off my LAWN!
No prob, Clint!!!
It got me too...So don’t feel like yer alone...
Sometimes I forget to unplug, and yesterdays “date” went by without too much fanfare...
Is that John Kerry on the Left??
hee hee hee
Come and (try to) get them. They can make me a criminal but they can’t make me a slave.
I’m sure....the decorated ‘Nam vet, eh? :)
Yep, Lurch with his 3 purple owies.
Sure.
Let’s take away their license to drive as well.
They are getting older, ya know...
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