GUNS, HOMICIDE, & UNITED NATIONS RHETORIC

By Howard Nemerov

July 23, 2008

NewsWithViews.com

Guns cause violence and death, so the experts say. For example; the Small Arms Survey, an internationally-respected source of gun violence research, states:

The proliferation of small arms and light weapons represents a grave threat to human security. The unchecked spread of these weapons has exacerbated inter- and intra-state conflicts, contributed to human rights violations, undermined political and economic development, destabilized communities, and devastated the lives of millions of people. [1] http://www.newswithviews.com/Nemerov/howard5.htm#_ftn1

Small Arms Survey’s calls its ideal gun control program “Practical Disarmament:â€