IANSA

Kim du Toit
June 30, 2006
7:30 AM CDT

Just so we’re all clear on the philosophy of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), here’s a statement from its head, Rebecca Peters:

I think American citizens should not be exempt from the rules that apply to the rest of the world. At the moment there are no rules applying to the rest of the world. That’s what we’re working for. American citizens should have guns that are suitable for the legitimate purposes that they can prove. I think that eventually Americans will realize that their obsession with arming themselves in fear, in a paranoid belief that they’re going to be able to stave off the ills of the world through owning guns, through turning every house into an arsenal, eventually Americans will go away from that. I think Americans who hunt—and who prove that they can hunt—should have single-shot rifles suitable for hunting whatever they’re hunting. I mean American citizens should be like any other citizens of the world.

So… the Second Amendment is irrelevant. What we have is a “right” to hunt—and that only with registered, needs-based certification?

I don’t think so, Missy.

And why am I posting this piece now?

Well, apart from the educational aspect of it (know thy enemy), it should be noted that this foul bunch of internationalist GFWs is planning to get a U.N.-sponsored treaty passed which would mandate the above scenario. (Of course, I highly doubt whether the treaty would ever get ratified here in the United States; even our craven Senate would be—rightly—alarmed about the public backlash. But still.)

It should be noted that this Peters bitch is in the pocket of billionaire Democrat supporter George Soros (from whom IANSA received most of its seed funding).

It should also be noted that this horrible organization is meeting on no less a date than July 4, 2006 to finalize the details of the proposed treaty.

And the details?

• Licensing for all gun ownership, based on a series of criteria, including minimum age, training and “establishing a genuine reason for needing to own a gun;”
• Arbitrary police discretion in the issuance of gun licenses;
• People subject to domestic violence restraining orders against would be subject to compulsory seizure of all firearms;
• All guns must be registered at time of sale or transfer and when the license is renewed;
• A 28-day waiting period to buy any gun;
• The “genuine reason” for having a gun must be proven separately for each gun, “effectively imposing a limit on the number of guns a person can own;”
• Guns cannot be bought or sold privately but only through a dealer licensed by the State;
• Strict requirements on how guns are stored;
• Limitations on the type of firearms which can be owned

Here’s my suggestion to IANSA: Don’t even bother trying this crap with the United States.

Ain’t gonna happen. Even a staunch GFW like Bill Clinton wouldn’t have signed this treaty. In fact, I can’t think of anyone likely to be elected President who would. And the House is getting downright twitchy about the UN as it is.

Here’s what we did say at this GFW conference, just a couple of days ago:

A remarkable thing happened at the United Nations yesterday. We, the United States, told the world “no”. The messenger was Robert Joseph, the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Speaking before the dozens of nations that have gathered for the review conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Joseph told the world in no uncertain terms where the United States stood.
“The U.S. Constitution guarantees the rights of our citizens to keep and bear arms, and there will be no infringement of those rights,” he proclaimed to the dignitaries and functionaries. “The United States will not agree to any provisions restricting civilian possession, use or legal trade of firearms inconsistent with our laws and practices.”

So there.

This “eternal vigilance” is somewhat wearying, especially when we have so much to do right here in the United States, without having the globalists to cope with as well.

And one last quote from Rebecca Peters, just to show that she’s living on some other planet:

“People who have guns for self-defense are not safer than people who don’t… having a gun in that situation escalates the problem.”

"Escalates" in the sense that a goblin may come over all dead, instead of his victim.

I bet she has an armed bodyguard…