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Dear Sirs
The UN says that Assault rifles are big killers and
have to be banned from being owned by civilians but every act of Genocide this
century has been effected and encouraged by Governments. Government
troops, Government police or Government led Students. In fact the biggest
killers of their own civillians are Governments . Most of these as we have just
observed in East Timor have a few things in common.
1. Twenty years of progressive disarment by the
Government,
2. UN or League of Nations or IMF
interfearance,
3. Government begins to commit Genocide against some of
its own citizens,
4. Complete ineffectiveness of UN or other world body
to save the lives of these
citizens,
5. Citizens who have been disarmed by Government queue
to be slaughted,
6. Help comes to late.
Countries which have hard won experience of above this
century,
Armenia, Serbia, Russia, China, Abbyssinia,
Spain, Poland, France, Holland, Italy, Congo, Kurds, Palastine, Afganistan,
Cambodia, Vietnam, China repeat, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethopia, Kurds repeat, Sudan,
Armenia repeat, China repeat, East Timor. Australia has now been disarmed is it
going to join the previous list? Please go no further
if you find Government Disarmament Controls radical and unpleasant to
witness.
 Japanese
Support Civillian DISARMAMENT with a record like this its
understandable.
List of Countries where Governments have committed
Genocide on civilians armed with the small arm rifle of the day,
1. Zero
List of countries which have the safest population
against attack from its own Government.
1. The United States of America.
2. Switzerland.
3. Israel.
4. Afganistan
The rest are defenceless against the proven biggest
killer this century "The Government". If we wish to curtail Genocide,
control and limit Governments not the tools it uses. If we get into
controling the tools it uses we will be in the ridiculous situation of
controling Idi Amins sledge Hammer or Pol Pots kitchen knives. There is nothing
safer than a population armed with the small arms of the day.
Ron Owen
---- U.N. Security Council
endorses gun control, assault rifle banBy PETER JAMES SPIELMANN UNITED NATIONS (September 24, 1999 10:31 p.m. EDT - In what it characterized as a bid to curb civil wars, ethnic massacres and terrorism, the U.N. Security Council on Friday endorsed sweeping worldwide gun-control measures, including a ban on private ownership of assault rifles. At the end of the first ministerial debate on small arms, council members unanimously supported a report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on ways to reduce the global stockpile of some 500 million handguns, rifles, shotguns and assault weapons. While not legally binding, the action is intended to increase the pressure on world governments to impose stricter gun control measures and reduce the arms trade. At least 200 million firearms are owned by American citizens. "Small arms and light weapons are primary tools of violence in many conflicts taking place in the world," Annan told the council. "The proliferation of small arms, ammunition and explosives has also aggravated the violence associated with terrorism and organized crime. "Even in societies not beset by civil war, the easy availability of small arms has in many cases contributed to violence and political instability," he said. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced: "The United States will refrain from selling arms to regions of conflict not already covered by arms embargoes. We encourage other nations to establish and observe such moratoria. Albright called for a global crack down on arms trafficking, citing U.S. laws forbidding its citizens from brokering illicit deals anywhere in the world. British Foreign Minister Robin Cook told the Council: "It is a tribute ... that nuclear weapons have never been used for half a century, and that chemical weapons have rarely been used. "However, over the same period the assault rifle has become the weapon of mass killing," he said, adding that conflicts fought with only small arms have killed over 3 million, mostly civilians, in the last decade alone. Just $5 million would buy about 20,000 assault rifles, "enough to equip the army of a medium-sized state," he said. The Security Council's 15 members supported a statement by the council president endorsing Annan's report. Annan's report, among other things, recommended: Better enforcement of U.N. arms embargoes on nations and regions in conflict. |
