U.S.A. dodges U.N. axe again

To the Editor:

During the first week of this month, while most of us were commemorating America's 230th birthday with parties, revelry (there was plenty of celebratory gunfire in my neighborhood), the UN (United Nations), meeting on American soil, was busy trying to finalize a treaty that would strip all citizens of all nations of their right to self-protection, and strip you and me of our rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The good news is that the "U.N. Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects" (a clumsy misnomer if there ever was one!) ended in deadlock with no formal conclusions or recommendations, and without a worldwide ban on civilian firearms ownership, which was their real goal. Once again,

the sanctity of U.S. sovereignty in general, and our Second Amendment rights in particular, dodged the axe of the UN. But do not relax just yet. Anti-gun NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) and liberal governments served notice they would not give up and would present all of their issues to the U.N. General Assembly this fall. They do not understand that our freedoms are not to blame for the worlds problems; and, while the UN ignores slavery, genocide, and mass murder in other countries, they persist in their attempts to infringe on our sovereignty. Sounds to me like a couple of good reasons for us to quit the UN, and evict them off our soil. Sooner, rather than later.

Cordially, Chuck Esposito

Suches, GA