UN adopts Arms Treaty in hurried vote
By Dave Workman - April 2 2013 03:10 PM - Comments Off on UN adopts Arms Treaty in hurried vote - Breaking News
By Dave Workman | Senior Editor
By a 154-3 vote with 23 abstentions that included Russia and China, the United Nations General Assembly quickly pushed through an international Arms Trade Treaty ...
NSSF Objects to U.S. Government Abandoning Position that U.N. Treaty Must be based on International “Consensus”
By TheGunMag - April 1 2013 01:31 PM - Comments Off on NSSF Objects to U.S. Government Abandoning Position that U.N. Treaty Must be based on International “Consensus” - Breaking News
The National Shooting Sports Foundation today strongly objected to the last-minute reversal of the U.S. government position regarding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. In the closing hours of negotiations ...
UNLIKELY CONSENSUS: Commentary & Outlook for the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
By TheGunMag - March 12 2013 01:36 PM - Comments Off on UNLIKELY CONSENSUS: Commentary & Outlook for the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty - UN ATT
By Jeff Moran | Geneva
Cross posted on IAPCAR.org
Revised and updated, 10 March 2013.
TSM Worldwide LLC has published its executive e-briefing of selected context and issues going into the United Nations ...
Arms Trade Treaty Discussed at UN, Second ATT Conference Scheduled for 2013
By TheGunMag - November 16 2012 05:31 PM - Comments Off on Arms Trade Treaty Discussed at UN, Second ATT Conference Scheduled for 2013 - Gun Mag Reports
by Philip L. Watson
New York, NY—The UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was discussed at length with testimony from both pro and anti-gun groups during the First Committee of the United ...
(AUDIO) Gun Rights Policy Conference Panel: Global Gun Control
By TheGunMag - November 9 2012 04:19 PM - Comments Off on (AUDIO) Gun Rights Policy Conference Panel: Global Gun Control - GRPC
The 2012 Gun Rights Policy Conference was held in Orlando, Florida and jointly hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and ...
Drive for defensive gun rights is spreading around the globe
By TheGunMag - November 9 2012 02:10 PM - Comments Off on Drive for defensive gun rights is spreading around the globe - News Briefs
by Joseph P. Tartaro
Executive Editor
The debate over the right of law-abiding citizens to possess firearms for defense of self, family and property is not an exclusive American phenomenon.
The subject is ...
UN CELEBRATES OBAMA RE-ELECTION BY PUSHING GLOBAL GUN CONTROL
By TheGunMag - November 7 2012 04:10 PM - Comments Off on UN CELEBRATES OBAMA RE-ELECTION BY PUSHING GLOBAL GUN CONTROL - Gun Mag Reports
Less than 24 hours after winning re-election, President Barack Obama’s administration joined with China, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and more than 150 other governments, in supporting renewed debate ...
SAF, others weigh in on new round of UN gun control talks
By Dave Workman - November 5 2012 12:39 PM - Comments Off on SAF, others weigh in on new round of UN gun control talks - Gun Mag Reports
By Dave Workman
Senior Editor
The Second Amendment Foundation and several other pro-rights groups weighed in recently on a new round of discussions at the United Nations that could lead to another ...
UPDATE: UN Arms Trade Treaty
By TheGunMag - October 24 2012 07:58 PM - Comments Off on UPDATE: UN Arms Trade Treaty - Gun Mag Reports
By Philip L. Watson
Julianne Versnel of IAPCAR and SAF pictured this week at the UN Conference of Parties
The evolution of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) from the ...
UN launches first “standards” during August follow-up to ATT
By TheGunMag - September 25 2012 02:41 PM - Comments Off on UN launches first “standards” during August follow-up to ATT - Gun Mag Reports
by Joseph. P. Tartaro
Among those voicing concerns at the UN Programme of Action meeting in New York on Aug. 29 were, left to right: Allen Youngman (DSAAC), Rick Patterson ...
UN Gun Control Update
By TheGunMag - September 4 2012 03:02 PM - Comments Off on UN Gun Control Update - Gun Mag Reports
Allen Youngman (DSAAC), Julianne Versnel (SAF), Rick Patterson (SAAMI), Tom Mason (WFSA), at the UN Programme of Action
The United Nations "Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons" ...
Global gun control treaty may return in the fall at UN
By TheGunMag - August 24 2012 02:24 PM - Comments Off on Global gun control treaty may return in the fall at UN - Gun Mag Reports
by Dave Workman
Senior Editor
Following a stunning last-minute derailment of the United Nations’ highly-touted international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations, global gun control proponents are expected to bring the issue back ...