U.N. High Commish for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urges robust US gun control

[jc1240]

It also occupies some prime NYC waterfront property that somebody like Donald Trump could put to more productive use.

This would the the one and only time where I could agree with eminent domain for commercial development.

 

[BeoBill]

So a couple Muslims want us to give up our guns so that there buddies can have an easier time killing us off.
I suspect the U.N. wants us to adopt Angela Merkel's immigration policies as well.
These people want to destroy the West.

Well, it is primarily funded by the East.

 

[fred333]

"In wake of mass shooting, UN rights chief urges US to consider robust gun control

Don't dismiss this out of hand. It's playing big in Democratic circles and carries alotta weight there.

 

[Rack&Roll]

You can't make this shiite up.

 

[gamer_jim]

I challenge him to a bacon eating contest. If he wins then I'll surrender my guns.

 

[Jim12]

Don't dismiss this out of hand. It's playing big in Democratic circles and carries alotta weight there.

Yeah, that's why I posted it. It was the lead story in a "Devex Global Development Briefing" e-mail put out to thousands of international development consultants and professionals worldwide.

This is a well-coordinated, well-funded effort by the Dems, the Left, and anti's and call for "all hands on deck," everywhere. Using the same lines, phrases, and talking points.

 

[oldman12]

Another Aloha Snackbar named Hussein wants stricter gun control. Yea he can go f himself to.

 

[Bolts Rock]

He can go suck my neighbor's dog's dick.

 

[BeoBill]

Yeah, that's why I posted it. It was the lead story in a "Devex Global Development Briefing" e-mail put out to thousands of international development consultants and professionals worldwide.

This is a well-coordinated, well-funded worldwide effort by the Dems, the Left, and anti's and call for "all hands on deck," everywhere. Using the same lines, phrases, and talking points.

FIFY. Just so everyone knows.

The foreign press has been making hay with the Orlando story. The more authoritarian/totalitarian the country, the more press.

 

[rseymorejr]

F*** him!
And the camel he rode in on.

 

[FNG]

He can go suck my neighbor's dog's dick.

Hahaaaa! I barely ever even log in but had to just to say that one got me.

 

[Jim12]

FIFY. Just so everyone knows.

The foreign press has been making hay with the Orlando story. The more authoritarian/totalitarian the country, the more press.

Yep. See what evil guns in the hands of haters will do to gentle, vulnerable people? Wouldn't want Europeans or anyone else to start thinking they need guns to protect themselves...

Oh, by the way, does anybody have updated crime statistics for European cities where the recent flood of M.E. refugees have arrived? Or, in order to be P.C. don't they count rape and assault as crimes in places like Koln, Germany any more?

Just heard this a.m. that MoCo has had 8 or 9 murders this year so far, but they attributed that to gangs. Funny, when I was growing up in MoCo a single murder was county-wide news for the entire year. But I digress.

 

[whistlersmother]

FIFY. Just so everyone knows.

The foreign press has been making hay with the Orlando story. The more authoritarian/totalitarian the country, the more press.

The press loves to distract from the problems at home with other people's problems. That's why we here stories about elsewhere. And there's that whole "see, they have freedom, but its baaaadddd" thing goin' on.

 

[Threeband]

So how many gay people have been thrown off of high rooftops by this guy's buddies back home?

 

[rbird7282]

As G. Gordon Liddy used to say, "get the U.S. out of the U.N. and get the U.N. out of the U.S.
The U.N. is worthless.

 

[WeaponsCollector]

I fixed the UN gun statue...

 

[N3YMY]

This would the the one and only time where I could agree with eminent domain for commercial development.

No problem!

Just call the zoning board in Groton, CT...

 

[redeemed.man]

"In wake of mass shooting, UN rights chief urges US to consider robust gun control

[High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein addresses the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré]

14 June 2016 – In the wake of the mass killing of 49 people by a sole gunman in a gay nightclub in Florida, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the leadership of the United States to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the “horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control.”

“It is hard to find a rational justification that explains the ease with which people can buy firearms, including assault rifles, in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with extremists – both domestic and foreign,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.

“How many more mass killings of school-children, of co-workers, of African-American churchgoers -- how many more individual shootings of talented musicians like Christina Grimmie, or politicians like Gabrielle Giffords, will it take before the United States adopts robust gun regulation?” he added, questioning the availability for civilians anywhere of an assault rifle or other high-powered weapons designed to kill lots of people.

“Irresponsible pro-gun propaganda suggests that firearms make society safer, when all evidence points to the contrary,” Zeid said.

A new UN human rights report on the civilian acquisition, possession and use of firearms highlights the “devastating impact” of gun violence on a host of human rights, including the rights to life, security, education, health, an adequate standard of living and participation in cultural life.

The report states that women and children are frequently found to be victims of firearm-related violence, including through the use of guns to commit rape and other sexual violence, abduction, assault and domestic violence.

It states that protection of human rights must be central to the development of laws and regulations regarding the availability, transfer and use of firearms. UN and regional human rights experts have long recommended that firearm control measures must include adequate background check systems, the periodic review of licenses, clear gun removal policies when intervening in domestic violence cases, mandatory training, and the criminalization of illegal sale of firearms, among others.

“Examples from many countries clearly show that a legal framework to control the acquisition and use of firearms has led to a dramatic reduction in violent crime,” Mr. Zeid said. “In the United States, however, there are hundreds of millions of guns in circulation, and every year thousands of people are killed or injured by them.”

Zeid added that it was particularly reprehensible – indeed dangerous – that this terrible event is already being utilized to promote homophobic and Islamophobic sentiments.

He urged everyone in the United States to rally around the common cause of ensuring that the human rights, and consequentially the security, of all are strengthened in the aftermath of this horrendous incident.

“That is the least that is owed to the relatives of all those children, women and men whose lives have been snatched from them by gunmen from a wide variety of backgrounds in the Orlando nightclub, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, at the Methodist Church in downtown Charleston, and at so many other homes, schools, colleges and other venues across the United States,” he said.

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54218#.V2PYCBKpwo0

Isn't it a bit hypocritical that the high commissioner for human rights is Muslim? I mean seriously... He needs to start with the atrocities committed in Muslim countries by Muslims against other Muslims.

 

[redeemed.man]

He can go suck my neighbor's dog's dick.

Dang that's harsh. And funny....

 

[Half-cocked]

Tell you what, "Zeid"...

The day I need advice from a pea-brained worshipper of an illiterate, psychopathic pedophile & murderer, I'll let you know.

OK?