Our 2nd Amendment under attack

This article is verbatim from the Human Events Conservative news paper and was written by Mr. Brian Darling, Director of U.S. Senate Relations at The Heritage Foundation, and is reproduced and being circulated with Mr. Darling’s Permission.

Obama Nominee Koh Advocates Global Gun Control

Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Harold Koh, a former Dean of the Yale Law School, to be legal advisor to the State Department. One of the many concerns about Koh us his belief that international organizations should be empowered to regulate the 2nd Amendment right to own a firearm.

On April 2, 2002 Koh gave a speech to Fordham University School of Law titled “ A World Drowning in Guns” where he mapped out his vision of global gun control. Koh advocated an international “marking and tracing regime.” He complained that the United States is now the major supplier of small arms in the world, yet the United States and its allies do not trace their newly manufactured weapons in any consistent way.” Koh advocate a UN-governed regime to force the U.S. “to submit information about their small arms production.”

National Database?

Koh supports the idea that the UN should be granted the power “to standardize national laws and procedures with member states of regional organizations.” Koh feels that the U.S. should “establish a national firearms control system and a register of manufacturers, traders, importers and exporters” of guns to comply with international obligations. This regulatory regime would allow UN members such as Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on American citizens.

Taken to their logical conclusion, Koh’s ideas could lead to a national database of all firearm owners, as well as the use of international law to force the U.S. to pass laws to find out who owns guns. All who care about freedom should read this speech. Senators need to think long and hard about whether Koh’s extreme views on international gun control are appropriate for America.

This is serious business, and I urge everyone to call or write your congressmen, and tell them in no uncertain terms that this man's (Koh) plan or vision will not stand with the American people.