Posted on 09/16/2009 12:16:57 PM PDT by neverdem
Conventional arms control, United Nations-style, won't stem the proliferation of guns that get into the wrong hands. More likely, it will only make bad situations worse.
The United States was one of only two nations that voted against the U.N. resolution last year. Its support among member states could advance a legally binding U.N. treaty creating "common international standards" for the import and export of small arms and light weapons.
The trouble is, rogue nations and thugs don't subscribe to "international standards." Worse, a "right-to-buy" provision would enable despots to acquire arms freely and inhibit U.S. enforcement of its own arms embargoes against 26 states and/or entities.
And how would a U.N. gun treaty keep weapons away from world terrorists when, as yet, U.N. members haven't defined exactly what constitutes terrorism?
"The problem is not the absence of an arms trade treaty. It is the U.N. members that are supplying and buying arms, conniving with terrorists and killing people directly," according to a Heritage Foundation analysis...
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Hey UN:
China and South Africa are the arms bazaars of choice.
There you can buuy automatic weapons to outfit any dictator worth his tin shoulder boards.
The U.S. is NOT where crackpots buy guns.
But hey, don’t let facts get in the way of a good hysteria UN.
*sigh*
Ping
If people want on or off this list, please let me know.
Thanks for the ping knighthawk.
Please.
I just asked the following question of my crazy lib coworker: Let’s say I’m a criminal, and I need a gun. Am I going to buy one of the millions of full-auto AK-47s in California, NYC or Mexico for a few hundred bucks on the black market, or am I going to fill out all my federal paperwork, do the background checks, and pay up to several thousand dollars for that same weapon? Likewise, if I’m a criminal in Mexico and I need a weapon, which is easier to get: an AK fresh off the boat from China, or one from the US?
Ayone who thinks that criminals get guns through the same channels law-abiding gun owners do is an idiot.
Tip o' the ol' propeller beanie to Freeper Dick Bachert for this from another thread:
"Time to send the UN packing and pull our folks from EVERYWHERE in the world and publish this.
1. As a sovereign nation, you have the same rights to govern your nation as we have. Whether freely elected or despotic tyranny, how you run your government and DOMESTIC affairs is between you and your leaders. If you people don’t like how your government is behaving, we suggest you read some American history for the period between, say, 1774 and 1789. The world is awash in various sorts of small arms and other weapons. Getting enough to turn out your tyrant-du-jour ought not be a problem. Yes, many people will die (just as they did HERE in the late 1700s). It’s the price of freedom. But — and this is important to us — our SOLDIERS will not be among the dead. And trust us when we tell you that the casualties of your revolution will pale compared to those you will suffer should we be forced to invoke Clause 3!
2. Please pay SPECIAL attention to the word “domestic” in number 1.
3. The MINUTE we become privy to firm, corroborated intelligence that you have plans to harm the United States or one of our recognized allies — or, worst case — DO, in fact carry out such an operation, the United States and any such allies who wish to assist will come to you and request that you cease and desist. If you refuse to do so, we will TURN MOST OF YOUR LAND INTO A SMOKING RUIN. (If you’ve never seen RUBBLE BOUNCE, it’s quite a sight. Just as the Japanese saw that in 1945, we saw a good bit of that on 9/11 – and will never forget it. The Japanese never forgot it – and neither will those of you who survive!) We include in this list of threats AIDING, ABETTING, HARBORING, TRAINING OR SUPPLYING THOSE WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT CITIZENS OF YOUR NATION, MAKE PLANS TO HARM US OR AN ALLY.
We wish to live and fairly trade in peace with all peoples — BUT harm us or injure/kill American/allied citizens AND YOUR WORLD AS YOU HAVE KNOWN IT WILL SIMPLY GO AWAY — FOREVER.
(If you have never seen it, slide on down to Blockbuster and rent “The Day the Earth Stood Still” with Arabic/Farsi subtitles, of course. REREAD 3 AND THINK “GORT.”) And also remember that, since we have pulled our guys out of other nations and closed those bases – horribly costly activities with which we are no longer burdened, we have devoted those diverted resources to new, more effective human intelligence gathering methods using many of YOUR citizens as paid snitches (no more stupid Church Amendment!) so we WILL KNOW when you’re up to no good. And don’t forget that those freed up resources will allow development of more devastating weapons should we need them. Trust us when we tell you that they’re really cool.
4. And speaking of “cool,” once those smoking ruins have sufficiently cooled – and the radiation levels have fallen — we will put boots on the ground, clear any remaining resistance and seize your former property for the benefit of those who participated in the neutralization of the threat you posed. Casualties among our troops should be very limited because, as we think you have seen, the weapons possessed by the United States will leave very few to resist. REREAD 4 AND THINK 51st STATE!
Call us with any QUESTIONS. Or visit our web site at www.bendoverandkissyourassgoodbye.gov
Thank you for your support in this vital matter. The SANE People of the United States of America (all 30 of us)."
Dear IYell******, (So do I, BTW! Helps a little.
FYI, I pulled this together into a VIDEO on YouTube.
For those who prefer that format, it is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkyEtw8lBtI
and runs about 7:30.
Dick
PS: Love your range target design.
Forgot to thank you for the bump!!
Thanks for the ping,knighthawk (I ALWAYS appreciate them, I just don’t always respond - sry)
No problem, no need to respond every time, I am glad people read them and see the UN is a danger for things like freedom and the US.
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