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Old April 4, 2013, 03:45 PM   #41
Spats McGee
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Originally Posted by thallub
See page 2 of the treaty:
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Mindful of the legitimate trade and lawful ownership, and use of certain conventional arms for recreational, cultural, historical, and sporting activities, where such trade, ownership and use are permitted or protected by law,
(emphasis supplied by Spats)
Yes, and note that neither self-defense nor defense from tyranny appears anywhere in that clause.

When I last taught ConLaw, the textbook that I used had the "model constitution" that the UN (allegedly) supplies to emerging nations to use as a model. There is no RKBA in it.
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