Spearfishing Planet


Home Photos Who's Online Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Go Back   Spearfishing Planet > Off Topic > Politics and Religion
Spearfishing Planet Store


Arcade World Spearfishing Guide SFP Sponsor Page Politics & Religion WSG Classifieds
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-06-2011, 08:21 AM
Kahuna's Avatar
Getting Senior
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,453
Post Thanks / Like
Thanks (Given): 0
Thanks (Received): 3
Likes (Given): 0
Likes (Received): 6
Dislikes (Given): 0
Dislikes (Received): 0
Default UN Gun Laws

Last month a U.N. committee met in New York and signed off on several provisions, including the creation of a new U.N. agency to regulate international weapon sales, and require countries that host firearms manufacturers to set up a compensation fund for victims of gun violence worldwide.

Tom Mason, who represented the World Forum on the Future of Sports Shooting at the U.N. conference, told FoxNews.com the provisions are worrying.

“No, there are no black helicopters. There is no secret treaty that Hillary Clinton has signed,” Mason said. “But on the other hand, the treaty is a significant threat to gun owners. I think the biggest threat may be the body that would administer the treaty,” he added, referring to a new U.N agency the treaty would create, to be called the “Implementation Support Unit.”

Under the latest draft of the treaty, every country would be required to submit a report to the ISU outlining “all activities undertaken in order to accomplish the implementation of this Treaty, including… domestic laws, regulations and administrative measures.”

It also requires countries to set up their own government agencies to track any guns that could be exported. “Parties shall take all necessary measures to control brokering activities taking place within its territories … to prevent the diversion of exported arms into the illicit market or to unintended end users,” the draft reads.

The vague wording leaves room for interpretation, and a U.N. representative for a major U.S. gun manufacturer who spoke to FoxNews.com on the condition of anonymity told FoxNews.com that he believed it left room for the ISU to declare the registration of all American-made guns to prevent illegal exportation.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!Share on FacebookSpurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Handgun Laws? FGCdiver General Off Topic 7 01-24-2011 03:20 PM
Florida Gun laws AKscuba General Off Topic 12 11-17-2010 06:35 PM
Federal spearing laws Calla969 Fishing Regulations 11 03-04-2008 05:37 AM
Man Laws fishkillapro General Off Topic 4 12-02-2007 02:08 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:13 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.5.2
SpearfishingPlanet.com