The Problem with the U.N.by Jennifer Freeman
The United Nations is trying, once again, to eliminate the Second Amendment of the United States. In conjunction with the Non-Governmental Organization known as the International Action Network Against Small Arms, the United Nations held yet another conference that supposedly intends to reduce the level of violence around the world by controlling the access and movement of small arms.
Mexico and Canada have pointed fingers at the United States claiming that 50-80% of "gun crimes" in their countries involve firearms originating from the United States. The proposed solution includes tracking all firearm sales worldwide and licensing all firearm owners. The problem with this "solution" is that gun control has consistently proven to be ineffective and this case is no different.
As is always the case, creating new laws, new tracking mechanisms, or banning firearms has zero effect on criminals. And while Canada and Mexico may point the finger at the United States, the reality is that they do not have a handle on their own criminal problem. In fact, Mexico's criminal problem is so severe to the extent that it permeates the local police force. And if you look at the countries that have ratified the U.N.'s International Firearms Protocol vs. those that have not, you will not see a direct correlation of countries with "gun crimes" vs. countries without them. Violent crime, regardless of the type of weapon used, stems from a variety of causes including governmental corruption, civil unrest, lenient criminal punishment, and the cultural value of human life.
All the tracking mechanisms, licenses, and gun bans will not stop violent crime and will certainly not induce criminals, who already thumb their nose at the law, to suddenly retreat and become upstanding citizens particularly in the case of rogue criminal uprisings and revolutions in third world nations. Some of the very countries who have signed the treaty keep their people in constant terror and submission with the barrel of a gun. This treaty is so ludicrous as to not even be credible.
The real reason for this treaty is to disarm people, including American citizens, in a way that is palatable. Clearly, if the U.N. were to go around focibly disarming people the future of that organization would span the life of a housefly. By attempting disarmament in this fashion, the United Nations stands a better chance of successfully disarming most of the world's population. Once disarmed, the U.N. will likely move forward with an agenda so wildly unpopular as to bring this whole disarmament scheme into a better light. By that time it will be too late to revolt.
Fortunately, the United States has not yet signed this treaty. And the Second Amendment Protection Act has been reintroduced in 2005 by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana. The people of the United States still have a voice and an opportunity to make a difference.
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