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UN Arms Trade Treaty Calls for Disarmament of Persons 55 and Older
Guns.Com ^ | Apr. 1, 2013 | S.H. Blannelberry

Posted on 04/01/2013 7:11:44 AM PDT by EXCH54FE

Individuals 55 and older would lose their right to keep and bear arms under a provision that’s expected to be included as part of a comprehensive United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke about the impetus behind the controversial measure at press conference over the weekend in New York City, the site of the final negotiations between the 193 Member States.

“Regulating the international transfers of both weapons and ammunition is a key component of a robust arms trade treaty, as is limiting civilian access to small arms and munitions,” said Ban Ki-moon.

“There’s an emerging consensus that certain groups should be restricted from possessing conventional arms, certainly those who fuel conflict, arm criminals or violations of international humanitarian or human rights law are at the top of the list,” Ban Ki-moon continued.

“But also, the international community believes segments of the population that present a danger to themselves and others, chiefly individuals deemed or adjudicated mentally defective and persons with attenuating cerebral faculties, should be added to that list.”

“Simply put, the UN believes guns don’t belong in the hands of the elderly,” said H. Michael Chase, an attorney for the human rights watchdog group.

“Pools of research show that a significant majority of gun-related suicides, accidental shootings, non-fatal negligent discharges are perpetrated by persons 55 and over,” Chase said.

“Along with the mentally ill, preventing those who are advancing in age from gaining easy access to firearms is a common sense way to save lives,” concluded Chase.

Dr. Michael Betti from the John Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness embraced the UN’s call to disarm senior citizens.

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What are your thoughts? Should we hang em up after a certain age?

For me the answer is: No way in Hell, Molon Labe!!

1 posted on 04/01/2013 7:11:44 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
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To: EXCH54FE

April Fools, right?


2 posted on 04/01/2013 7:15:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: EXCH54FE

lol, ya won’t have to worry about it after Obamacare really kicks in. The number of old people will decrease quickly.


3 posted on 04/01/2013 7:16:09 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: EXCH54FE

Any time a gun grabber starts babbling about “common sense” you can be reasonably assured it makes no sense common or otherwise. I’ve read the 2nd Amendment a few times and it doesn’t mention age. They can have my guns when I run out of ammo.


4 posted on 04/01/2013 7:16:15 AM PDT by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: EXCH54FE

The older I get, the less I have to lose. At 20 I may hesitate to go against an oppressive government, at 60 I may not.


5 posted on 04/01/2013 7:16:31 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The UN are fools every day.


6 posted on 04/01/2013 7:16:44 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: EXCH54FE

So they want to disarm the unindoctrinated.


7 posted on 04/01/2013 7:16:57 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: beethovenfan

discrimination


8 posted on 04/01/2013 7:17:20 AM PDT by nevermorelenore
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To: EXCH54FE

If that boat just had not sunk.


9 posted on 04/01/2013 7:17:28 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“April Fools, right?”

Sadly NO.

:-(


10 posted on 04/01/2013 7:17:49 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: EXCH54FE

No more shotguns for Plugs.


11 posted on 04/01/2013 7:17:52 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: MtBaldy

You can still beat them with the iron bar.


12 posted on 04/01/2013 7:18:49 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: EXCH54FE

Makes sense.

Disarm those over 55 but allow gang members, illegals and other criminals to keep their guns.

The world has gone insane!


13 posted on 04/01/2013 7:19:23 AM PDT by whitedog57
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To: EXCH54FE

I have a better idea. Drag everyone out of the UN building by their hair to a place of execution, demolish the building, and scatter the organization to the four winds.


14 posted on 04/01/2013 7:19:57 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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“Regulating the international transfers of both weapons and ammunition is a key component of a robust arms trade treaty, as is limiting civilian access to small arms and munitions,” said Ban Ki-moon.

Why? Why are we limiting civilian access to small arms?

15 posted on 04/01/2013 7:20:13 AM PDT by ez (Laws are for little people. Criminals, politicians, police, and David Gregory are exempt.)
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To: SpaceBar

Then salt the earth.


16 posted on 04/01/2013 7:20:32 AM PDT by wintertime
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To: BipolarBob

Bingo!...............


17 posted on 04/01/2013 7:20:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: EXCH54FE

If I were dictator for a day, I’d evict the UN from every square inch of United States territory and pull the US out of that evil organization.


18 posted on 04/01/2013 7:20:57 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: EXCH54FE

I ain’t buying it. There is only TWO mentions of it on the web: Here, and the source article. It’s an APR1 deal.


19 posted on 04/01/2013 7:22:52 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can’t stand this today!
Everybody is trying to out do the last one.

I think I’ll avoid reading FR today.

(No kidding.)


20 posted on 04/01/2013 7:23:14 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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