The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:The Impact on Private Gun-Ownership in America

ParentalRights.org ^ | May 11, 2009 | Michael P. Farris, J.D.

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Someone handed me a hard copy of this article (with attachments - see links) yesterday at the homeschool convention here in Idaho. I searched and didn't see it already posted, and I thought it important enough to share.

What jumped out at me was a backhanded disparaging of the American gun culture, even though it wasn't mentioned by name, and the old "blame the gun" agitprop method. No mention was made of who was actually perpetrating these atrocities, but based on some other information some of the locations of concern are revealed. Common themes there are (not surprisingly) Africa, the Balkans, and Islam.

Links:

No Guns, Please, We Are Children

Guide to the Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, World Congress on Disarmament Education, Report and Final Document

Small Arms and Children - UNICEF Fact Sheet

UNODA Occasional Papers, No. 14, February 2009 - CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: CHILDREN AND GUNS IN ZONES OF INSTABILITY

UN CRC - General Comment No. 1 - The Aims of Education - Article 29 (1) (2001)

Disarmament & Nonproliferation Photo Workshop 1: Introduction to small arms disarmament

More links here.

[SandRat]

[Bhoy]

NWO = 1 size fits all

[Logophile]

Does the UN “peacekeeper” in the photo have his finger on the trigger?

[Repeat Offender]

Small arms and light weapons kill and disable more children and adults than any other instrument of violence

See, I've said this all along. We need to legalize HEAVY weaponry for private ownership.... RPGS, Machineguns, HAWK Missle systems, mortars, are a lot harder for children to figure out. If I had the ability to own these things, I'd need less hand guns. This would result in lowering the likeliness of children being injured by light weapons as I would own fewer light weapons.

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That soldier needs to go back to basic gun-safety training.

RULE 2 VIOLATION - FINGER ON THE TRIGGER

[sionnsar]

and that children have the right to grow up in a community that is free from all guns.

Does this mean our military have to choose between having guns and having children?

[Logophile]

That soldier needs to go back to basic gun-safety training.

RULE 2 VIOLATION - FINGER ON THE TRIGGER

That was my thought.

Let's hope his weapon isn't loaded—he could hurt someone.

[Copernicus]

the state of Missouri challenged the constitutionality of federal interference with the state hunting laws concerning migratory birds

And so today Snow Geese and other "light geese" destroy the Artic Tundra-which will ultimately lead to a catastrophic population crash and imbalance of uncounted species that depend on various (natural) checks and balances to survive.

Another fine mess Goobermint Intervention created out of whole cloth.

Best regards,

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Let's hope his weapon isn't loaded—he could hurt someone.

That someone could be a child - a child that the soldier is supposed to be protecting from SALW (Small Arms & Light Weapons).

[teacherwoes]

Governments must support communities in eliminating the insecurity, fear and instability that often lead people to acquire and keep guns.

Does this mean we can get rid of our current administration?

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Looks like a magazine is locked in. What kind of bull pup is that?

[Islaminaction]

Message to UN. I do not care what you have to say about anything. If it were up to me, I would throw your asses out of America in the morning.

[KoRn]

The UN is un-American, and should be thrown out of the US.

I love this cliche:

Get the US out of the UN, and the UN out of the US....

[SandRat]

Yup.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

I stopped reading right here:

children have the right to grow up in a community that is free from all guns.

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Governments must support communities in eliminating the insecurity, fear and instability that often lead people to acquire and keep guns.

Does this mean we can get rid of our current administration?

LOL

[tbw2]

Why should we trust the UN to protect children when their “peacekeepers” have found guilty of raping women and children in exchange for the food they were supposed to be giving away?

[The_Sword_of_Groo]

I believe it is an L85

[Skibane]

The UN has been a vector for the anti-gun movement for years. For example, back in 2002, the "Billion Mom March" (an international spin-off of the "Million Mom March") was hosted by the UN.