Can you say "international registration of guns". And what comes after registration?

[url]www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20010601_33.html[/url]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday approved a treaty
                requiring newly made firearms to be marked with a serial number and place of manufacture so
                their movements can be traced and illegal sales prevented.

                The treaty, negotiated earlier this year in Vienna, aims to enable the authorities to trace illicit arms
                sales globally by requiring nations to set up import and export licensing procedures and ensure
                records are kept for at least 10 years on guns, parts and ammunition made within their
                boundaries.

                The treaty was drafted as an addition to a pact approved by the assembly last November setting
                legal standards for fighting money laundering and illegal trafficking of humans and drugs.

                That treaty, aimed at combating global criminal networks, is called the U.N. Convention against
                Transnational Organized Crime.

                Like any treaty, the firearms pact must be signed and ratified by at least 40 countries before it
                can become international law. It will be open for signing from July 1 through Dec. 12, 2002.

                The firearms provisions were left out of the earlier treaty because countries could not reach
                agreement in time on their terms, with disputes centering on the marking requirement and
                whether the controls should cover military arms and sales.

                The treaty commits governments to adopting legislation making the illicit manufacture and sale of
                firearms a criminal offense, and authorizing the confiscation of arms that have been illicitly made
                or sold.

                It calls on countries to work together at all levels "to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit
                manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition."

                It was approved by the 189-nation General Assembly by consensus without a vote. But
                numerous countries expressed reservations about the pact in statements made after its
                approval, raising questions about the chances of it ever taking effect.

I think we should send them MORE $$ for dues.  Yeah, right....

Just another small step toward gun confiscation!

I think I'll send them a copy of my serial numbers. NOT!!!!  FUCK THE U.N.
[-!-!-] [chainsawkill]