Hi Y'all. I believe this merits your attention if not action.

Sasquatch

From the Gun Owners of America newsletter;

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Pro-gun Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is getting ready to introduce a
bill that would block the United Nations from implementing gun
control measures affecting U.S. citizens.

Entitled the "UN Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005," the bill
does still not have a number, as Sen. Vitter is trying to get
original cosponsors to join him.

Gun owners across America are increasingly victorious in legislative
and elective battles at the local, state and national levels.
Nevertheless, anti-gun internationalists, long burrowed in the UN
headquarters, are planning, with some success, massive international
gun control measures.

This entire week, the UN is holding the second biennial meeting of
States to consider the implementation of the Program of Action to
Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and
Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.

Though couched in the flowery rhetoric of protecting victims of
violence, the goal of the conference is nothing short of global gun
control. The rabid gun banners to our north would seem to agree.
"From Canada's perspective.... serious attention should be given to
the regulation of civilian possession of small arms," said Tim
Martin, head of Canada's delegation to the conference.

Sen. Vitter has meticulously documented and highlighted for his
senate colleagues some of the most egregious proposals, including:

* A comprehensive program for worldwide gun control and a total ban
on certain types of firearms;

* The establishment of an international tracking certificate which
would be used to ensure UN monitoring control over the export,
import, transit, stocking, and storage of legal small arms and light
weapons;

* Worldwide record keeping for an indefinite amount of time on the
manufacture, holding and transfer of small arms and light weapons;

* National registries and tracking lists of all legal firearms.

"The U.N. has no business interfering with our Second Amendment
rights guaranteed by our Founding Fathers," Sen. Vitter said.

Much of the UN's agenda was conceived in a 1995 proposal, and then
adopted as a Program of Action in 2001. At that time, then-Under
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John
Bolton led the U.S. opposition to the Program. The United States has
neither signed nor ratified the Program.

Sen. Vitter's bill will prohibit any U.S. funding to the UN unless
the President certifies that the world body "has not taken action to
restrict, attempt to restrict or otherwise adversely infringe upon
the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm
or ammunition."

ACTION: Please contact your two senators and urge them to cosponsor
the Vitter bill. You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action
Center at www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Senators

a pre-written e-mail message.
----- Pre-written message -----

Dear Senator:

I urge you to contact Senator Vitter's office to cosponsor his draft
legislation entitled, the "UN Second Amendment Protection Act of
2005."

Anti-gun internationalists, long burrowed in the UN headquarters, are
planning, with some success, massive international gun control
measures.

But Sen. Vitter's bill will prohibit any U.S. funding to the UN
unless the President certifies that the world body "has not taken
action to restrict, attempt to restrict or otherwise adversely
infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States to
possess a firearm or ammunition."

Again, I strongly encourage you to cosponsor this bill. Gun Owners
of America will keep me up-to-date with the cosponsorship status of
this legislation. Thank you.

Sincerely,