yup... go down fighting!!!
Posted on 06/16/2006 8:33:58 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
NRA warns of U.N. gun control U.S. participating in upcoming small-arms conference
Posted: June 16, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Wayne LaPierre (NRA) An American delegation will participate in a controversial United Nations small-arms conference criticized by Second Amendment advocates as a threat to U.S. gun ownership.
The U.N. Small Arms Review Conference will meet in New York City June 26 to July 7 to discuss illegal trafficking in arms, "ineffective national controls" and related issues.
The U.N.'s disarmament effort features a program in which it buys back weapons in nations torn by civil strife. But National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre insists the U.N. is concerned about more than illicit arms in African hot spots. He says the global body wants the firearms of American citizens – and much more.
"So, after we are disarmed, the U.N. wants us demobilized and reintegrated," says the NRA's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, according to the Economist magazine. "I can hear it now: 'Step right this way for your reprogramming, sir. Once we confiscate your guns, we can demobilize your aggressive instincts and reintegrate you into civil society.' No thanks."
LaPierre sees the U.N. as a club of governments, some of which want to "strip opposition forces of the means to challenge their authority."
Noting that during the 20th century, governments murdered 169 million people in various parts of the world, the NRA leader says individual gun ownership is the "ultimate protection against tyranny."
Although an effort by the U.N. to control Americans' guns seems far-fetched and improbable to some, as WorldNetDaily has reported in a major investigation, that plan has its roots in the early 1960s with a 20-page State Department pamphlet titled "Freedom From War: The United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World."
LaPierre, in his book "The Global War on Your Guns: Inside the UN Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights," claims a 1997 land-mine treaty molded the U.N.'s new anti-gun strategy; that the U.N. funnels Americans' tax dollars to anti-gun member nations; that U.S. gun-control advocates are investing in the U.N.'s activities; and that even the most extreme U.N. gun laws can be enforced on Americans, without the benefit of a new treaty.
As WorldNetDaily reported, actor Michael Douglas – who for many years has been designated by the United Nations as a "U.N. peace messenger" – is backing the conference.
The U.S. has provided more than $27 million to help various nations destroy surplus stockpiles of small arms and light weapons and offers regular technical assistance, according to the State Department.
A June 9 State Department fact sheet says, "Given the close links between terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking, the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons has the potential to affect any country in the world at any time."
The State Department urges "focused efforts to identify and curb the sources and methods of the illicit trade via robust export controls, law enforcement measures, and efforts to expeditiously destroy excess stocks and safeguard legitimate stocks from theft or illegal transfer."
She's hot! I see Travis book is available at that site.
Thank you for prompting me to repost the following links.
Connecting the War on Guns & Drugs [my title]
The war on guns: Joel Miller explains how drug cops are killing 2nd Amendment
Never forget the law of unintended consequences!
The National Firearms Act of 1934 was passed in the wake of the organized crime proliferation that flourished during alcohol's prohibition. It's also more than oil money and Islamic charities that fund Islamofascists.
(Excerpt -- "Gods of the Copybook Headings" -- Rudyard Kipling)
U.N. Wants Global Gun Ban
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ae981734d94.htm
We need someone to fill Jesse's shoes.
Wooo-Hooo! Some of my favorite Kipling!
Hey, we're having an SAS event over here in July. Gonna go up and take pix. My neighbor is truckin' in the chuckwagon. But, alas, we're having a forest fire there at the moment, and don't know if there will be anything left of the area. :(
(Grant County, New Mexico).
BTTT! Good links! Someone asked the question over there why they passed the prohibition amendment, but didn't bother to pass one on the war against certain drugs. Lemme guess: Drugs are more fungible, more portable, and more hideable. The perfect cash crop with more sharecroppers than we would want to know about.
yup... go down fighting!!!
I forget which election it was, 2000 or 2004, but I'm pretty certain the dem candidate made a really stoooopid remark during the last week of his campaign showing his bias for more gun control. As it worked out, he was edged out in spite of the overtime efforts of the 'out-of-towners' who did their very best to work the numbers in his favor. I'm sure he lost because he was wearing the sign on his back, "I'm for gun control -- Elect me and die defenseless!" Pretty sure it was Gore.
Where are the OBLs claiming that this is all just a figment of FReeper imaginations?
I'm not an NRA member, not a gun fanatic, am a retired law enforcement officer (LOCAL, STATE & FED.) THEY'LL TAKE MY GUN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
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