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| U.N. Rights Chief Urges U.S. to Introduce Arms Controls |
| 2016-06-15 |
| [An Nahar] The U.N.'s human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... chief on Tuesday called on the United States to bring in "robust gun regulation" in order to prevent the kind of mass killing seen in Orlando, Florida over the weekend. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged Washington to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the "horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control." Gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and maimed another 53 before he was killed when police stormed the Pulse, one of Orlando's most prominent gay venues, early Sunday. "It is hard to find a rational justification that explains the ease with which people can buy firearms, including assault rifles, in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with murderous Moslems ‐ both domestic and foreign," Zeid said in a statement. "How many more mass killings of school-children, of co-workers, of African-American churchgoers... will it take before the United States adopts robust gun regulation?" he asked. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I too believe in arms control. Of course, in my version, it's the arms that are connected to disturbed brains that get controlled. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-15 12:52 |
| #6 "In September 2002, Zeid was elected the first President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. At that time, the Court was only a plan on paper, and over the next three years he oversaw the election of the first 18 judges, mediated selection of the Court’s first president, and led efforts to name the Court’s first prosecutor – laying out a functioning institution, despite considerable budgetary pressures and criticism of the Court from several leading nations." |
| Posted by: Ulusoque Speaking for Boskone3139 2016-06-15 10:03 |
| #5 I so hate these UN types. Criminals all. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-06-15 09:37 |
| #4 Pushing for global disarmament so they can get global government. Again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-06-15 09:18 |
| #3 Yup, in America gun control is the ability to put ten rounds inside the '8' ring at 25 yards... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-06-15 09:06 |
| #2 Arms control in American is constitutionally done on the firing range and when taking down varmints. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-15 08:39 |
| #1 The UN should just STFU, just STFU. Every push and prod in this direction, IMHO, just brings the day closer that the militia will finally demand a restructuring. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-06-15 06:54 |