-Caveat Lector- > United Nations Attack On Gun Ownership > > May 30, 2001 by: Phyllis Schlafly > > The attempt this year to reprise last year's Million Mom > March was a dud, attracting only about 200 > demonstrators, and the Democrats' political gurus are > whining about how Al Gore's pro-gun-control stance cost > him votes last year in crucial states. So the anti-gun > activists have moved to a less democratic venue: the > United Nations. > > On July 9 to 20, New York City will host the United Nations > Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light > Weapons in All Its Aspects. The purpose of this > conference is to demonize the private ownership of guns > and get governments to confiscate all privately owned > guns. > > Don't be misled by the term "small arms." UN documents > define small arms as weapons "designed for personal > use" (such as your Browning pistol, your Ruger rifle, or > your Winchester shotgun), while light weapons are for use > by several persons as a crew. > > Don't be misled by the term "illicit" trade. UN documents > make it clear that, since most illegal guns start out as legal > purchases, illicit trade must be stopped by clamping down > on legal gun owners. > > Don't think that this UN conference is just a talkfest. It is > scheduled to produce a legally binding treaty to require > governments to mark, number, register, record, license, > confiscate, and destroy all guns except those in the hands > of the military and the police. > > Indeed, the first day of the conference is to be called > "Small Arms Destruction Day." The conference's > Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) is calling on all > governments, with the assistance of the UN's NGOs > (Non-Government Organizations) and "civil society" (a > fancy name for the NGOs working in tandem), to organize > public events to promote the destruction of small arms and > light weapons on that day. > > The decision on NGO participation, adopted by the Prep > Com without a vote, is in line with the growing UN practice > of expanding the influence of "relevant" NGOs while > bypassing sovereign member states. "Relevant" means > only those NGOs that promote the UN agenda. > > The 18-page Draft Programme of Action to be > presented to the July conference sets forth the rationale > plus the mechanisms for eliminating the "wide availability" > of guns. It's obvious that the United States is the target > because we are the only country with a Second > Amendment, and other democracies such as England, > Canada and Australia have either banned or severely > restricted private gun ownership. > > The Draft Programme wraps its gun-confiscation > message in typical UN semantics, but makes little attempt > to conceal the mailed fist in the velvet glove. It states: "In > order to promote peace, security, stability and sustainable > development in the world, we commit ourselves to > addressing this problem in a comprehensive, integrated, > sustainable, efficient and urgent manner." > > Indeed, the plan is comprehensive and integrated. > According to the Draft Programme, "Preventing and > reducing the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons > consists of two sets of measures: the national control of > manufacture and the proper marking of small arms and > light weapons, coupled with accurate, sustained > recordkeeping and exchanges of information." > > Government "marking" and recordkeeping is "an integral > part" of the process. It's clear that the UN is demanding > that governments build a national electronic database of > all guns and their owners, and then facilitate "an > information exchange" (i.e., share the database with the > UN). > > Through the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the UN > promises to "develop an international mechanism that will > facilitate the exchange of information on all aspects" of > guns, i.e., a global gun registry. > > To wipe out private gun ownership, the UN demands that > all governments enforce "adequate laws, regulations and > administrative procedures to exercise effective control > over the legal manufacture and possession of small arms > and light weapons." And the UN demands that > governments criminally prosecute all those who don't > comply. > > The UN plans to develop "model national legislation" so > that Congress will pass laws that conform to the treaty's > requirements. The UN plans to guide Congress by > publishing "best practices" for legislation and procedures. > > All unmarked or inadequately marked small arms and light > weapons are to be confiscated and "expeditiously > destroyed." The government is to assure that "no > retransfer of small arms and light weapons takes place > without prior authorization" by the government because > the UN disapproves of the possession of guns by civilians > who are "not part of responsible military and police > forces." > > The UN also has a plan to propagandize Americans to > accept this global ban on private gun ownership. The Draft > Programme calls for "seminars, conferences, > consultations and workshops conducted by the United > Nations" for the purpose of "promoting the Action Plan." > > As part of its "awareness-training" to induce Americans to > accept the new ban-the-guns policy, the UN wants > government to pledge to destroy guns in "public > destruction events." > > When the United Nations bounced us from the Human > Rights Commission, while giving seats to Sudan, Libya, > China and Cuba, that was just an insult. But it's deadly > serious business when the UN tries to take away our guns. > > Phyllis Schlafly column 5-30-01 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > FURTHER READING: > > * Draft Programme of Action > > http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/smallarms/2001/0109draf.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Read this column online: > http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2001/may01/01-05-30.shtml > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Eagle Forum * PO Box 618 * Alton, IL 62002 > Phone: 618-462-5415 * Fax: 618-462-8909 > http://www.eagleforum.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > EAGLE FORUM > PO Box 618 > Alton, IL 62002 > Phone: 618-462-5415 > Fax: 618-462-8909 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > TO SUBSCRIBE AND UNSUBSCRIBE: > > http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/subscribe.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! 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