The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:The Impact on Private Gun-Ownership in America

“The spread of small arms creates a serious global problem and requires an equally urgent response because the lives and futures of children are at stake. These weapons have extinguished more young lives than they have protected.” – Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF

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The vast majority of Americans, regardless of their opinions on the increasing scope of international law, agree with the proposition that children should not be used as soldiers.  Accordingly, much of the UN literature that addresses children and guns deals with this military-related issue. 

However, a second theme is quickly found in virtually all UN pronouncements about child soldiers and weapons.  UN child’s rights advocates believe, teach, and promote the idea that all private gun-ownership is dangerous for children, and that children have the right to grow up in a community that is free from all guns.

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