U.S. Throws Down Gauntlet to UN Small Arms Meeting

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Posted: 7/9/2001 4:54:30 PM EDT

U.S. Throws Down Gauntlet to UN Small Arms Meeting
July 9, 2001 2:21 pm EST

By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States threw down the gauntlet on Monday at a U.N. small arms conference, saying it rejected any move to restrict the right of citizens to bear arms, even when these were designed for military use.

John Bolton, the U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control, told the first U.N. conference to curb small arms trafficking that he opposed a mandatory review of what individual countries had done, which he said would only serve only to "institutionalize and bureaucratize this process."

Nor would the administration of President Bush support restrictions on arms trade to rebel groups, which could be defending themselves against a genocidal government, Bolton told the opening day of the conference.

A draft action plan that would end the two-week conference calls on countries to regulate arms brokers and ensure that manufacturers mark all small weapons so their movements can be traced.

The United Nations maintains illegal trade in small arms is a billion-dollar-a-year business and directly or indirectly responsible for more than 1,000 deaths a day.

Posted: 7/9/2001 5:05:19 PM EDT

[#1]

Yet another example of TGIVFB* in action. Reckon Al Gore's rep would have spoken out in this manner?

*TGIVFB - Thank God I Voted For Bush![:D]

Eric The(WeCouldBeStandingOutsideWithOurNosesPressedAgainstTheWindow)Hun[>]:)]

Posted: 7/9/2001 5:07:20 PM EDT

[#2]

Yay! [uzi] I'm [b][i]so[/i][/b] glad that Gore didn't get in office. Imagine what [i]could[/i] have happened!

Mike

PS. [b]Hank[/b], got a link?

Posted: 7/9/2001 5:15:20 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Yay! I'm [b][i]so[/i][/b] glad that Gore didn't get in office. Imagine what [i]could[/i] have happened!

Mike

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I try to imagine it everyday. [smoke]

Posted: 7/9/2001 5:44:38 PM EDT

[#4]

Sometimes it seems that we (Gov't) stick up for gun rights in other countries more than in our own. What do you think "military aid" is? Lots of full-auto M-16s .... on the LIGHT side. I wonder if I can get an Apache loaned to me when my neighbor flips me the bird????

Posted: 7/9/2001 6:03:47 PM EDT

[#5]

THANK GOD FOR BUSHES ADMINISTRATION!
-Chuck

Posted: 7/9/2001 6:35:11 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
THANK GOD FOR BUSHES ADMINISTRATION!
-Chuck

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Amen!

Tyler

Posted: 7/9/2001 6:49:00 PM EDT

[#7]

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,29154,00.html[/url]

Posted: 7/9/2001 7:31:49 PM EDT

[#8]

"UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States threw down the gauntlet on Monday at a U.N. small arms conference, saying it rejected any move to restrict the right of citizens to bear arms, even when these were designed for military use."

As I sit and count my PRE-BAN mags, looking over at my AR-15, I wonder what lunacy drove the powers that be to save our children by keeping me from mounting a bayonet. I think of all the different firearms I cannot legally own, cannot legal purchase nor find at any legitimate business. I muffle a pathetic chuckle at all those poor slobs who live in California with all their laws. Knowing of course, that soon we'll all be in the same boat.

The 2nd Amendment is a solid unbending thing when some unknown agenda is as stake. Closer to home though, we know that the lawyers and media will twist even the most straightforward of statements, to again support some agenda.

I say we make copies of the transcript, and when the assault weapons ban is about to sunset.... flood the offices of every politician in this country with copies of it. Along with copies of The Bill of Rights, and copies of every document available that supports that the 2nd amendment is about the "individual" rights of citizens.

Posted: 7/9/2001 7:40:36 PM EDT

[#9]

Yeah right! Then what the hell is this all about from Mr. John Bolton?

[url]www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=201005[/url]

"Small arms and light weapons, in our understanding, are the strictly
military arms -- [red]automatic rifles[/red], machine guns, shoulder-fired missile and
rocket systems, light mortars -- that are contributing to continued violence
and suffering in regions of conflict around the world," he said. "We
separate these military arms from firearms such as hunting rifles and
pistols, which are commonly owned and used by citizens in many countries."

"The United States believes that the responsible use of firearms is a
legitimate aspect of national life," Bolton said. "Like many countries, the
United States has a cultural tradition of hunting and sport shooting. We,
therefore, do not begin with the presumption that all small arms and light
weapons are the same or that they are all problematic."

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[img]http://www.ncsg.org/topohat-small.jpg[/img]
...[pissed]

Posted: 7/9/2001 7:49:14 PM EDT

[#10]

Is William J Clinton a mole? If this is a stupid question then I won't mind the flaming.

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