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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 07/06/2006 9:16:12 AM PDT by Ebenezer
For many years the United Nations has had their eye upon the guns of the worlds’ citizens. Socialists and Communists know from experience that removing guns from the people is the best way to remove their freedom. Americans know from experience that we needed our arms to win our freedom and that we had better keep them if we are to remain free!
The Associated Press reported in 1994, "So quietly that even the gun lobby hasn’t noticed, the United Nations is beginning to set its sights on global gun control." U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported to the General Assembly in 2000, "Some progress is already being made as States [nations] tighten their arms export legislation and collect and destroy surplus weapons." Today gun owners are very alert to efforts being made nationally and internationally to confiscate their guns.
Now at the very season of the 230th anniversary of the celebration of our July 4th signing of our Declaration of Independence, as if intentional, the United Nations is holding an international affair to finalize a treaty to take away the gun rights of citizens worldwide. Under such a treaty, if honored by our "wilting" leadershp, Americans could lose their rights to self-protection under the Second Amendment. Is our Constitution still effective? We had better be certain.
The United Nations has proven itself to be anti-gun. The statue at the U.N. headquarters depicts a revolver with a knotted barrel as significant of the position of the organization. U.N. forces have disarmed civilians in Kosovo, Haiti, and Somalia. The U.N. funded Commission on Global Governance in 1995 published the statement, "We strongly endorse community initiatives...to encourage the disarming of civilians..."
More than 100 members of the United Nations and more than 500 gun-ban groups worldwide are involved in this conference to draft a global "Treaty on Small Arms." Six supposedly "free" countries: the United Kingdom, Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Norway, and Belgium are among those aiding and supporting the global gun ban treaty movement. As reported by Wayne LaPierre of National Rifle Association, "This past year marked the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII---a war in which liberation and freedom for dozens of nations was bought with American blood." Over 400,000 Americans died to bring freedom for others. Now many of these nations are working with dictatorships and terrorist states to render our Bill of Rights ineffective and to bring other peoples to servitude.
"Libya and Cuba are seated on the U.N. Human Rights Commission, and even Sudan--the only country that still allows slavery--is in charge of this Commission. Yet they arrogantly claim that your freedoms are to blame for the problems of the world!!!", reported LaPierre.
Surely the United Nations crowd wants to disarm the nations of the world to the end that we will be slaves to the global government being planned. Once free Americans will no longer be able to rely on the protection of our Second Amendment to keep and bear arms.
To allow such happenings in the free land of the United States of America borders on insanity. Wisdom has vanished and vision is blinded. God reminds us that, "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
Gun Owners of America is striving to awaken Americans to the dangers we face. They have sought the influence of America’s U.N. Ambassador John Bolton who has assured them that he would continue speaking out against infringements on the gun rights of Americans. Freedom loving Americans need to be alerted to respond to the call to demand that our freedoms be unchallenged. All gun groups should be especially active as well as encouraging others to join them to preserve this most essential freedom---if America is to survive.
The Constitution Party of Florida stands on our party Platform which emphasizes the guarantee of the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms, that "it may not properly be infringed upon or denied." "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them." We further call for the termination of membership in the United Nations and the removal of its operations on United States territory.
While Americanists are sleeping, we are gradually being deceived and deprived of our very basic rights. It is past time to get off our comfortable couches, wake up, and to get into the battle! The days of "Let George do it" are past, my friend.
From my cold dead hands ...
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Let Freedom Ring,
DITTO!
I find it very interesting, and disturbing, that the UN refers to its members as "states" and not "nations" as in United Nations................
The UN? When have they ever really taken a weapon away from anyone? Watch out, they may issue a resolution and a deadline or two or three or more. I wouldn't lock and load just yet.
''Headline Writer Sets Sights on Remedial Spelling Course''
"U.N. forces have disarmed civilians in Kosovo, Haiti, and Somalia."
And it worked so well for the people there<s. Heck yea. I LOVE shooting at BLUE targets.As the POTUS says "Bring em' On!"
Smack the headline righter wrighter writer.
Site is a location. Sight is the part of the gun you use to aim it.
"All gun groups should be especially active as well as encouraging others to join them to preserve this most essential freedom---if America is to survive."
This piece does not address all the people outside the groups who own guns...and have less respect for people than the laws that protect us. Probably on the UN's payroll, at that.
The UN has replaced the British Empire as the new mediator of world governance. As I recall we had an encounter with the Brits and they failed to take away our arms too. Of course, Kofi Anus is a more honorable, and intelligent leader, then was King George (spit spewing sarcastic laugh).
"State" is not an unheard of term for an autonomous sovereign nation. It doesn't actually mean the way it is used in the US, at least since federalism is nowhere to be bound. It gives a little insight into what the founders intended (and what we got now ain't it).
"It's a fine line between clever and stupid."
Kofi Anus. I like that! I think that's just bocome my standard term for the guy.
Erps, meant to say "federalism is nowhere to be Found". Fingers get too excited and type too fast.
Civilians = non-muslims
In international law, "state" is probably the correct term for a sovereign governmental entity. Nation is more of a cultural term. Thus one "state" could have many "nations" in it in a multi-ethnic empire - for example the old Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia. You might even argue Iraq and the United Kingdom are that way right now. Similarly, you could have one "Nation" split into multiple "states" like East and West Germany. The trend in the past century has been for the "states" and "nations" align.
We run into the problem of using the term "state" in English to also mean political subdivision in addition to sovereign government. There is no good English word meaning sovereign government and nothing else. State, nation and country all fall short.
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