The OAS Firearms Convention Is Incompatible with American Liberties
(David Kopel) Just published on-line this morning is the above Backgrounder from the Heritage Foundation. My coauthors are Theodore Bromund and Ray Walser, of Heritage. We argue that the CIFTA gun...
View ArticlePresident Calderon’s claim about “assault weapons”
(David Kopel) Examined in this blog post by my Heritage Foundation co-author Ted Bromund. Our Background about the CIFTA gun control convention, which President Obama has urged Congress to ratify as a...
View ArticleThe UN’s “Programme of Action” on Small Arms
(David Kopel) Here’s a short new paper, written by the Heritage Foundation’s Theodore Bromund and me: As the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty Process Begins, U.N.’s “Programme of Action” on Small Arms Shows...
View ArticleText of U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Libya
(David Kopel) Right here, provided by the Inner City Press, which has long been the best English-language media covering the United Nations. The resolution authorizes member states–acting either...
View ArticleEcstatic crowds in Libya celebrating imminent use of U.S. military force...
(David Kopel) U.N. Security Council Resolution passes 10–0. Live feed from Benghazi on Al Jazeera English. The Resolution authorizes “all necessary measures” except military occupation of Libya. By my...
View ArticleThe Libyan intervention is not wholly legal
(David Kopel) That’s my argument in a new article for The Daily Caller. As I’ve previously explained, I strongly support the use of force against the Gaddafi tyranny. Indeed, I wish that President...
View ArticleDebate on Libya and the War Powers Act
(David Kopel) Featuring British NGO representative Leslie Vinjamuri (pro-intervention, sees no legal problem), American peace activist Robert Naiman (anti-intervention, considers the intervention...
View ArticleArms Trade Treaty conference ends without agreement
The weeks-long conference at the United Nations to produce an Arms Trade Treaty is ending without the creation of a treaty. None of the draft treaties which have circulated in the past several days...
View ArticleFirst item of new post-election “flexibility”: U.N. gun control
As reported by the Second Amendment Foundation, this morning the Obama administration joined a U.N. majority which called for convening a new conference to create a global Arms Trade Treaty.
View ArticleBleg on U.N. extreme interpretations of treaties, and of extreme...
Earlier this week, the Senate rejected the proposed U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Among the reasons for the rejection was fear that, even if the Convention’s language...
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