Re The Great UN Gun Debate, held in London recently, a dvd of the debate is available through the NRA. Price is very nominal. Debaters were Wayne LaPierre, you all know who he is, and Rebecca Peters of International Action Network on Small Arms, a UN related anti gun organization that is pushing the following motion in the UN. That the U.S. Senate should support the proposed UN treaty that bans private ownership of guns. The debate ran about 90 minutes, and provides a clear airing of the anti gun/anti individual rights agenda of this anti gun organization, and what the UN is up to in this regard.
There was also an on line "ballot" held after the debate, where people who had viewed the debate on pay per view television were able to "vote". In a conversation I had with the NRA earlier today, I got the following data regarding the results of his "vote". The position taken by LaPierre, pro gun, pro individual rights received about 65 % of the vote, the anti gun/anti individual rights side, represented by Ms. Peters received about 23 % of the vote. I assume that the remainder were "undecided". One assumes that "votes" were cast by viewers from wherever the debate broadcast was available.
Re public opinion in the U.S., it would appear that claims to the effect that 70-80% of Americans support gun control would, respecting the results of this "vote", be even more questionable than such claims had been earlier, and that would seem to be rather questionable indeed. Finally, one remains curious concerning what coverage, if any, was available regarding the results of this vote, or the debate itself, from "mass media", given what appear to have been the results, above mentioned? Not much, it appears, leaving one wondering as to WHY?
There was also an on line "ballot" held after the debate, where people who had viewed the debate on pay per view television were able to "vote". In a conversation I had with the NRA earlier today, I got the following data regarding the results of his "vote". The position taken by LaPierre, pro gun, pro individual rights received about 65 % of the vote, the anti gun/anti individual rights side, represented by Ms. Peters received about 23 % of the vote. I assume that the remainder were "undecided". One assumes that "votes" were cast by viewers from wherever the debate broadcast was available.
Re public opinion in the U.S., it would appear that claims to the effect that 70-80% of Americans support gun control would, respecting the results of this "vote", be even more questionable than such claims had been earlier, and that would seem to be rather questionable indeed. Finally, one remains curious concerning what coverage, if any, was available regarding the results of this vote, or the debate itself, from "mass media", given what appear to have been the results, above mentioned? Not much, it appears, leaving one wondering as to WHY?
