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See the following definition of small arms from the Inter-Parliamentary Union http://www.ipu.org/conf-e/114/114-1.htm

Especially see below where it says: "may need to be regulated"

The IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations:

THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN STRENGTHENING CONTROL OF TRAFFICKING IN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS AND THEIR AMMUNITION

Resolution adopted by consensus* by the 114th Assembly (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)

The 114th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

Deeply concerned by the tremendous human suffering, especially for women and children, who are the most vulnerable in armed conflicts, associated with the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW),

Stressing that, by definition, SALW include all arms that can be used by one person alone and all associated ammunition, including grenades, rockets, missiles, mortar shells and man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), and that landmines can be considered as having similar effects,

Recalling that items such as daggers, machetes, clubs, spears, and bows and arrows are also frequently used in armed conflicts and criminal acts, and that, although they do not fall under the SALW category, their use may need to be regulated,

1 posted on 07/26/2012 9:41:11 AM PDT by xzins
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To: xzins
What about:

Forks?

Sporks?

Bic Pens?

2 posted on 07/26/2012 9:47:46 AM PDT by Paladin2
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3 posted on 07/26/2012 9:51:35 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: xzins
MOLON LABE, bitches.

If the UN treaty goes through, I am perfectly willing to join any self-regulated army that will go to war with the United Nations.

I can't march very far, but I can shoot straight and I have communications and hacking skills to offer.

6 posted on 07/26/2012 9:56:08 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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Why didn’t we think of it before! The UN could ban trafficking in humans generally, young women exploited as sex slaves, drugs, endangered species parts, etc., and these evils will magically end. (U)tter (N)onsense.


13 posted on 07/26/2012 10:30:02 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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From the posting: Small arms are cheap, light, and easy to handle, transport and conceal.

They are also almost childishly easy to make from scratch using the most basic of machine tools. What are they gonna do....outlaw every lathe and mill in the world? Good luck with your world economy if you do that! Ooooh! Oooh! I know....how about killing or imprisoning everyone who has the knowledge of how to make guns using machine tools? Dang!....there goes that world economy again.

These people aren't just asshats. They're STUPID asshats.

15 posted on 07/26/2012 10:40:03 AM PDT by RepRivFarm ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
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Just get it over with. Ban all ‘humans’. I guess in a way, they are.
Without self-respect, freedom, one tends to die quicker.


16 posted on 07/26/2012 10:41:15 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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US out of the UN, UN off US soil!


27 posted on 07/26/2012 2:32:23 PM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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