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Targeting the UN: The
United Nations has been actively pursuing the international control of small
arms, including firearms, for more than a decade, and numerous governments
around the world are seeking to regulate or ban firearms ownership and use.
Academics and scholars who understand the positive values of firearms have
seldom been represented in the popular press or given easy access to the UN,
adding to the problem of making reasonable policy. The World
Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities held in London in May
2003 sought to fill this vacuum by hosting an international firearms scholars'
symposium dubbed "The Legal, Economic and Human Rights Implications of
Civilian Firearms Ownership and Regulation." There were some eight hours
of presentations with speakers who included Simon Fraser University professor
Gary Mause, Independence Institute attorney and author David Kopel, Imperial
War Museum curator David Penn, Robert Glock of Glock Arms Co., constitutional
attorney and author Don Kates, author and attorney Stephen P. Halbrook,
Skidmore College professor and author Mary Stange and yours truly, who still
has a tiny academic appointment as a psychologist.
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Forgive me for promoting my
own work, but my production company, Snow Goose Productions, has distilled the
WFSA program into the new 56-minute DVD "A
Question of Balance." Hosted by Guy Wilson, former director of the
Royal Armouries, the DVD features numerous graphics, video footage and photos
from around the world as speakers address such topics as gun registration and
why it doesn't work; Switzerland's national obsession with shooting; and what
the firearms industry is doing to try to help control illegal sales. |
It also
includes a special 13-minute overview of major topics covered so
decision-makers cannot say that they didn't have time to watch the whole
program. "A Question of Balance" is being distributed to UN
governments and non-government organizations alike in hopes of stimulating
responsible firearms policy discussions. Individual copies cost $16.95 ,
including shipping and handling (California residents add 7.5 percent tax) and
are available from Snow Goose
Productions, P.O. Box 2460, Mill Valley, CA 94942. 
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