United States Should Shoot Down U.N. Small Arms Treaty

Publication Date: December 2010

Publisher: National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)

Author(s): H. Sterling Burnett

Research Area: Government; Human rights

Keywords: Firearms; Guns; Mexico; 2nd Amendment

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Obama administration recently appointed a negotiator to
work with the United Nations on a treaty to regulate international
trade in small arms. The ostensible goal is to staunch the flow of
illegal weapons to drug cartels, terrorists and guerillas.