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Rand Paul is a conspiracy nut who thinks the UN is going to take away our guns:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/11/r...

"You can bet the UN is working to FORCE the U.S. to implement every single one of these anti-gun policies...."

It frightens me mildly that someone like this has power, although he's certainly far from the worst in Congress.

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But the policy goal is to eventually have gun registrations and eliminate global gun ownership over time.

The UN Arms Trade Treaty does create an international database of dealers, brokers and affiliated workers in finance, security, transport etc- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_Trade_Treaty#Criticism

All this is gradual, incremental steps towards a defined ideological model- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_integration

Yes, I forgot that the UN has been a champion of the right to bear arms. Don't they subsidize the NRA?

Seriously, I'll trust Rand Paul, the one who actually has experience in politics, including the UN, rather than the one throwing the conspiracy smears.

The nuttiness isn't the UN's goal, but the vast overstatement of their power. The UN has no control over US internal affairs, and no matter how anti-gun they may be, talking about how the UN is going to come take our guns is just plain conspiracy craziness.

Do you own a gun?

Edit - Reply:

Reason I ask is because you said 'our guns' and I wondered if you really meant 'your guns.'

What does it matter? The craziness has nothing to do with guns, but rather the idea that the UN is going to do, well, anything when it comes to US internal affairs.

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