John Lott Column: The U.N. shouldn't be so sure gun-control works

John Lott Column: The U.N. shouldn't be so sure gun-control works
Date: Jul 4, 2006 3:53 PM
No Safety Lock: The U.N. shouldn't be so sure gun-control works.
By John R. Lott, Jr.*
Published Monday, June 26, 2006, in National Review Online.

The United Nations' conference on small arms, which starts today, has an
admirable enough goal: to save lives. Some conference attendees claim
that guns used in armed conflicts cause 300,000 deaths world-wide every
year. The "international community's" solution? Prevent rebels from
getting guns with rules that include a registry of all small arms to
enable tracing them and to ensure that weapons sales can be limited to
governments.That is an understandable "solution" for governments that
don't trust their citizens. But it also represents a dangerous disregard
for their citizens' safety and freedom.
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