‘Silence the guns’ urges UN disarmament chief as global week of action begins

news.un.org ^ | 5/7/2018 | unknown

[rktman]

The international community must present a united front against gun violence which kills nearly 250,000 each year and injures many more, said a senior United Nations official on Monday, marking the start of a Global Week of Action Against the scourge.

“Every day, hundreds of lives are lost due to gun violence worldwide,” the UN Disarmament Affairs chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, said in her message at the start of the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence. “Guns are responsible for about half of all violent deaths – nearly a quarter-million each year.”

The High Representative said that for every death, there were “many more injured, maimed and forced to flee their home and community” and those who just live with the threat of being shot.

[rktman]

Hmmm. Guess they missed the memo that the majority of US citizens couldn't give two craps what the u friggin' has to say. We would much prefer you depart asap and go irritate somebody else.

[Lazamataz]

“Every day, hundreds of lives are lost due to gun violence worldwide,” the UN Disarmament Affairs chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, said in her message at the start of the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence. “Guns are responsible for about half of all violent deaths – nearly a quarter-million each year.”

Eliminate guns, and you will hear them say:

“Every day, hundreds of lives are lost due to knife violence worldwide,” the UN Disarmament Affairs chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, said in her message at the start of the Global Week of Action Against Knife Violence. “Knives are responsible for about half of all violent deaths – nearly a quarter-million each year.”

[goldstategop]

Multilateral gun disarmament.

Just what Obama pushed for. Glad he’s gone.

[ealgeone]

Then we can focus on trucks or cars or planes.....or religions that actively encourage people to blow themselves up.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Notic the sleight-of-hand by not breaking out the “gun deaths” that are suicides and self-defense?

[BenLurkin]

"silence the guns citizenry.

[FLT-bird]

Guns are not responsible for those deaths. People wielding guns are.

Banning guns will not make them unavailable - particularly for criminals who don’t care about the law anyway and need guns as tools of the trade for carrying out their crimes. Given that they will never give up their guns, given that government will never give up its guns, I cannot afford to give up my guns.

[butlerweave]

Guns or Islam with Guns ?

[bgill]

Free silencers for everyone!

[rktman]

I have an awesome idea (what’s new). How about the blue helmets disarm this instant. That would be a start right? Any and all conscripted persons serving TDY to the un are hereby released back to their normal assignmnet. BOOM! Well, maybe pfffttt!

[Billthedrill]

That’d be cool. Good ones are kinda pricey at the moment.

[butlerweave]

Just what Obama pushed for. Glad he’s gone.

Can’t smell Obama behind this ,LOL

[shanover]

FTUN

[BuffaloJack]

The UN can shove it.
I don’t care if they’re executing kindergarten classes, anything that happens un the USA is none of the UN’s business.

[D_Idaho]

Let them start in Africa. Then maybe Afghanistan can be disarmed.

[Kickaha]

I urge UN disarmament. Or dismemberment. I urged every conceivable dissing of the UN.

[sergeantdave]

I got $100 up to bet that the little UN commie slut, Izumi Nakamitsu, is guarded by men with guns.

[Big Red Badger]

Blue Helmets and 7.62.