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handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbalz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22108 April 7, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The United Nations and Gun Control nae redacted Specialist in International Relations Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary Since the mid-1990s, some sources have stated that the United Nations is trying to disarm the world by taking control of all guns, including in particular, guns held by private citizens in the United States. U.N. member states have discussed problems associated with increasing numbers of firearms throughout the world in various U.N. organs and subsidiary bodies. These discussions have been directed towards illegal manufacture and trafficking in firearms. This report summarizes the results of these considerations in two central U.N. venues - the criminal arena and the arms control and disarmament arena. U.S. representatives have participated in these discussions, usually pointing out this country's interest in protecting the Second Amendment rights of U.S. citizens to own guns. U.S. representatives have also expressed concern that the increasing quantities of illegally manufactured and trafficked firearms that are contributing to rising levels of crime, violence, and conflict are also accessible to terrorists. This report will be updated as events warrant. Over the past several years, United Nations member governments have discussed issues related to firearms and guns, in two different U.N. venues - the crime prevention arena and the arms control and disarmament arena. Both aimed at reducing the level of illegal and illicit firearms moving across borders as a way of reducing crime, violence, and conflict. Some observers have characterized these discussions as part of an overall U.N. plan to impose gun control in the United States. This report provides a brief overview of U.N. activities in the area of firearms and small arms and light weapons. A United Nations Plan for Gun Control? Accusations that the United Nations has a gun control plan have circulated since the mid-1990s. The headlines found on the Internet referred to the global gun grab, the U.N. coming for your guns, The 40-year gun grab, and The United Nations Wants to Take Your Gun? 1 Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress These may be found at the following websites: Global Gun Grab, by Thomas R. Eddlem. The (continued...)

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