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| Groups call for halt to arms trade | |
| 2003-10-10 | |
| Amnesty International, Oxfam and an anti-weapons group have launched a campaign against the global arms trade. The agencies say AK-47 assault rifles have replaced spears for Ugandan farmers and they say weapons are so common in Somalia, that some children are named ’Uzi’ or ’AK.’ Personally I like ’Bushmaster’ or the old fashioned ’Smith’, or ’Wesson’ They say the U.S.-led war on terrorism, launched after Sept. 11, has fuelled weapons proliferation. Ha ha. They had to mention Sept 11, WOT, and the US (the root of all evil of course) "Governments, preoccupied with a search for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in their fight against ’terrorism’, have essentially ignored the real ’weapons of mass destruction’ - small arms. So they continue to proliferate, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives," said Rebecca Peters, Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms. In a report issued by the groups, they make the claim that increasing numbers of arms are being exported especially by the United States and Britain. Hey, that’s like saying an increasing number of people are buying them. It says more than 630 million small arms are in circulation around the world. The agencies are calling for an international arms treaty.
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| Posted by:Rafael |
| #12 Old Patriot makes a good point. By his bed my dad keeps a two foot long maglight that I gave him for his birthday. He is past 65 years old, but played middle guard for the New York Titans of the old AFL. He is 6'4" tall and 400 lb (1.9 meters and 10 Kg) He used to be able to cover 40 meters in 5.0 seconds - haven't times him recently. He has no gun, but don't rob his house unless you come armed like Alaska Paul, when he takes a stroll through bear country. He was burglarized once while he was out of town and didn't take it well. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-10 10:20:29 PM |
| #11 My dad used to tell a story about a black Army private during WWII that used to sneak across the lines at night and come back the next morning with one or more German soldier's ears. Weapon of choice? Straight razor. There are no such thing as dangerous weapons, only dangerous men. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-10 4:35:51 PM |
| #10 They (as in their eyes) being criminals of course... |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-10-10 4:17:59 PM |
| #9 If guns were outlawed we would be going to the sporting goods store and buying crossbows or throwing cups of bleach into their eyes. Those that refuse to be victims will find other weapons. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-10-10 4:16:45 PM |
| #8 LOL! Wouldn't marbles be better? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-10 1:45:33 PM |
| #7 I hope they don't take our guns. It's damn incovenient to lure the burgler into the bathtub so that you can toss a radio in. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-10 12:34:31 PM |
| #6 It is intersting if you think about it. Apparantly the dastardly US not only supplied Soviet (and their allies) built weapons around the world but we sent them primarily to Soviet client states and to rebels working against American clients. What a tangled web we weave. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-10-10 11:05:54 AM |
| #5 Typical, blame the weapon but not the user. I'm going to name my next son Colt, my daughter Beretta and my dog Glock. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-10 8:42:16 AM |
| #4 And the AK is so easy to maintain that they will last for a long time, even if not one more is sold. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-10-10 8:31:49 AM |
| #3 Obviouslly these peope never watch History Chanell,s"History of the Gun". Blaming Americadoesn't explain why the moste widely owned weapon in the world is the AK-47. I'm partisl to Ruger myself. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2003-10-10 7:59:39 AM |
| #2 Bushmaster Bradley.... nows that's a good Merkin name. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-10 7:26:57 AM |
| #1 Oops. This story was already posted yesterday (and I thought I checked too). Webmaster, work your magic please, thx. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-10-10 3:58:36 AM |