http://www.theinfozone.net/salw-news.html is where this piece is hosted, it features videos from the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities, and the NRA as well as a link to the new UN video "Armed to the Teeth".
The blogsphere is a regular feature on this site.
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The United Nations and Gun Control
The Infozone features a look at what some bloggers are saying. The blogsphere is always interesting.
Five years after the adoption of the United Nations Programme of Action to address the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, some 2,000 representatives from Governments, international and regional organizations and civil society will meet at the United Nations Headquarters from 26 June to 7 July 2006 to review progress made; to address future cooperation and activities; and to assess challenges on the road ahead in New York.
The U.N. Conference on Global Gun Control brings together diplomats, NGOs and the media. Click to watch UN Video: Armed to the Teeth.
The top NGOs both in favour of gun control, and those opposed to the UN program will be in attendance.
IANSA, the International Action Network on Small Arms is the largest NGO for the 'anti-gun side'. The WFSA, World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities is the largest 'pro-gun' NGO attending the meeting.
From the Blogsphere
Rphaedrus blogs, "First, let me be clear. I'm in support of personal possession of firearms. Not because I'm afraid of people, but because I'm afraid of governments. I WANT the government that controls the land my house is on to know that I can and will shoot back if they go too far in violating what I perceive as my rights. I am also an omnivore who would like to limit my dependence on the meat industry and I'm a lousy shot with a bow...
"That said, violence and the threat of violence are the ultimate forms of coercion. (My philosophy says that coercion is an un-good). In many parts of the world, anyone with a couple bucks to get some automatic weapons and a box of rounds can be a two-bit warlord or worse. There's a campaign to at least limit the free flow of arms to anyone with the money to pay for it - nothing too invasive on a personal level - just an international arms control treaty. Something to limit the flow of weapons across borders.
"If you're not in support, that's OK. The threat of lethal violence can also be used to oppose coercion. Its a bit hard to know really what's best, but I think a treaty is a good idea." Rphaedrus offers a link to an online petition at http://www.controlarms.org/
Customer Servant blogs, "I think it’s about time we tell the UN to stay out of our internal affairs. Maybe someone should remind them that, if they start regulating fire arms globally, who will save them when the practice of paying off corrupt officials and terrorists stops working in their favor? We can govern ourselves just fine, thanks, and that includes regulation of fire arms."
Professor Gary Mauser writing to a Canadian MP, says, "I recently attended a meeting of the Canadian National Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) at Foreign Affairs Canada and was shocked at what I was told. I am writing to ask that you review the attached report before it is presented to the United Nations in June.
"The chair of this committee, Earl Turcotte, reported that, even though they do not have a mandate from the new Conservative government, they intend to continue acting as if they had.
"The Canadian National Committee on SALW has spent tens of millions of dollars - possibly hundreds of millions -- on a large number of vague "feel good" projects around the world. At least 24 different international programs and initiatives are listed as being funded or largely funded by them. (These are listed in the Report appended to this letter).
"The SALW Committee is downplaying the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of these projects in attaining their stated goals of reducing terrorism, criminal violence or suicide. There is no convincing empirical support for the success of these projects. Apparently, one of the primary goals of this committee, set by the previous government, is to embarrass the United States at the United Nations. I hope that a Conservative government would wish to stop supporting a committee that purposefully undermines the government's stated aims of improving relations with the United States."
The NRA's Wayne Lapierre writes, "his 4th of July, while you and your family celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the founding of our great nation, there’s one party you won’t be invited to...
...And that’s the party that Kofi Annan is throwing at United Nations headquarters in New York — using your tax dollars — for nearly fifty dictatorships, six terrorist states, governments that endorse execution based on religious faith, and a multitude of other nations from around the globe."
The blogsphere is a regular feature on this site.
TIZ
The United Nations and Gun Control
The Infozone features a look at what some bloggers are saying. The blogsphere is always interesting.
Five years after the adoption of the United Nations Programme of Action to address the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, some 2,000 representatives from Governments, international and regional organizations and civil society will meet at the United Nations Headquarters from 26 June to 7 July 2006 to review progress made; to address future cooperation and activities; and to assess challenges on the road ahead in New York.
The U.N. Conference on Global Gun Control brings together diplomats, NGOs and the media. Click to watch UN Video: Armed to the Teeth.
The top NGOs both in favour of gun control, and those opposed to the UN program will be in attendance.
IANSA, the International Action Network on Small Arms is the largest NGO for the 'anti-gun side'. The WFSA, World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities is the largest 'pro-gun' NGO attending the meeting.
From the Blogsphere
Rphaedrus blogs, "First, let me be clear. I'm in support of personal possession of firearms. Not because I'm afraid of people, but because I'm afraid of governments. I WANT the government that controls the land my house is on to know that I can and will shoot back if they go too far in violating what I perceive as my rights. I am also an omnivore who would like to limit my dependence on the meat industry and I'm a lousy shot with a bow...
"That said, violence and the threat of violence are the ultimate forms of coercion. (My philosophy says that coercion is an un-good). In many parts of the world, anyone with a couple bucks to get some automatic weapons and a box of rounds can be a two-bit warlord or worse. There's a campaign to at least limit the free flow of arms to anyone with the money to pay for it - nothing too invasive on a personal level - just an international arms control treaty. Something to limit the flow of weapons across borders.
"If you're not in support, that's OK. The threat of lethal violence can also be used to oppose coercion. Its a bit hard to know really what's best, but I think a treaty is a good idea." Rphaedrus offers a link to an online petition at http://www.controlarms.org/
Customer Servant blogs, "I think it’s about time we tell the UN to stay out of our internal affairs. Maybe someone should remind them that, if they start regulating fire arms globally, who will save them when the practice of paying off corrupt officials and terrorists stops working in their favor? We can govern ourselves just fine, thanks, and that includes regulation of fire arms."
Professor Gary Mauser writing to a Canadian MP, says, "I recently attended a meeting of the Canadian National Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) at Foreign Affairs Canada and was shocked at what I was told. I am writing to ask that you review the attached report before it is presented to the United Nations in June.
"The chair of this committee, Earl Turcotte, reported that, even though they do not have a mandate from the new Conservative government, they intend to continue acting as if they had.
"The Canadian National Committee on SALW has spent tens of millions of dollars - possibly hundreds of millions -- on a large number of vague "feel good" projects around the world. At least 24 different international programs and initiatives are listed as being funded or largely funded by them. (These are listed in the Report appended to this letter).
"The SALW Committee is downplaying the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of these projects in attaining their stated goals of reducing terrorism, criminal violence or suicide. There is no convincing empirical support for the success of these projects. Apparently, one of the primary goals of this committee, set by the previous government, is to embarrass the United States at the United Nations. I hope that a Conservative government would wish to stop supporting a committee that purposefully undermines the government's stated aims of improving relations with the United States."
The NRA's Wayne Lapierre writes, "his 4th of July, while you and your family celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the founding of our great nation, there’s one party you won’t be invited to...
...And that’s the party that Kofi Annan is throwing at United Nations headquarters in New York — using your tax dollars — for nearly fifty dictatorships, six terrorist states, governments that endorse execution based on religious faith, and a multitude of other nations from around the globe."
