The UN and Rights
David Hardy reports on Of Arms and the Law: UN report proclaims self-defense is not a right.
So does Richard Samuelson at Claremont Istitute’s The Remedy.
One point that stuck out at me in reading the excerpts from the report from Mr. Hardy’ site was that all of the original author’s comments focused on great bodily harm or death inflicted on the "attacker" (my word) by the "defender." I thought that was curious at first. Then I saw the real underlying focus of the report:
"29. The severe consequences of firearm use therefore necessitate more detailed and stricter guidelines than other means of force."
Here’s the underlying agenda: guns are bad. Even when the police use them, one must guard (by strict laws) their employment.
" ‘firearms are to be used only in extreme circumstance (from the training manual for police on human rights practices)’. 28 Any use of a firearm by a law enforcement official outside of the above-mentioned situational context will likely be incompatible with human rights norms."
The U.N.’s absolute fear of anyone having a gun (and the right to use it to protect themselves) shows through this "report."
(h/t Instapundit for both pointers)
