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发帖数: 7733 | 1 Disinformation Continues as U.N. Arms Treaty Takes Shape
In New York this week, the U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
continued trying to draft a treaty to impose worldwide controls on small
arms, including civilian-owned firearms.
The NRA has made clear its opposition to any treaty that includes civilian
firearms, and continues to note that a majority of the United States Senate
stands with American gun owners in opposition to such a treaty. We have led
the effort to mobilize opposition to the treaty in Congress, and not only a
bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate, but also 130 House members, have
voiced strong opposition to the treaty. Ignoring that reality, U.N.
conferees are working to regulate not only civilian small arms, but also
ammunition and firearm parts.
Anti-gun treaty proponents continue to mislead the public, claiming the
treaty would have no impact on American gun owners. That's a bald-faced lie.
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New Federal Report Shows Right-to-Carry Boom
A new report this week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms
that the number of Americans exercising the right to carry firearms for
personal protection is skyrocketing.
GAO investigators gathered information from state authorities nationwide
about the number of permits issued, eligibility requirements for those
permits, and the extent to which states recognize permits issued by other
states. The researchers also conducted a more in-depth review of nine
selected states. While information on eligibility requirements and
reciprocity is easily available online (for example, on NRA-ILA's "Gun Laws"
page), some of the statistical information in the report is remarkable.
With hard numbers or estimates from all but three of the 49 states that have
laws allowing for issuance of carry permits, the GAO reports that there
were about 8 million active permits in the United States as of December 31,
2011. That's about a million more than previous estimates by scholars. |
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