Canada has modified its controversial position on a United Nations arms control treaty.Does bending over qualify as a "modified...controversial position"?
In a new position paper submitted to the UN, the federal government has dropped its proposal to exclude all sporting and hunting firearms from the international Arms Trade Treaty, an agreement that seeks to regulate the import, export and transfer of all conventional weapons. [More]
And here we all thought "sporting purposes" was going to be our salvation...
There is room for optimism here. I really cannot complain about how the wording says our responsibility towards gun control should be on a national basis and not what the UN says.
ReplyDeleteLeaving the issue to national discretion (and out of UN jurisdiction) might not be a bad thing.
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