The Joyce Foundation, UN and the IACP Disarming the World. . .

http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/joyce-foundation-un-and-iacp-disarming-the-world/

. . one Nation at a Time.

If you are worried about gun control right now you should be. This push to limit gun rights is nota spontaneous occurrence. It is the result of a carefully crafted campaign courtesy of the UnitedNations with some very stalwart support coming from our friends at the Joyce Foundation and allof their gun-grabbing partners in crime.From the Joyce Foundation website

http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/GunViolence/ The Foundation believes that better public policies can help reduce gun violence. It supports the effortsof

law enforcement officials

legislators, municipal leaders, the medical and public healthcommunities, advocacy, municipal leaders, the medical and public health communities, advocacygroups,

and others in pushing for measures to stop gun trafficking, keep guns out of the hands of criminals, prevent children from getting access to firearms, and other measures that offer promise of combating gun violence

Consider this promotion of the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) by the JoyceFoundation.

Together the IACP and the Joyce Foundation held “The Great Lakes Summit onGun Violence” on 2007

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Note the use of the phrase “Gun Violence” this is a re

-framing effort.

Instead of “gun control”

Guncontrol implies some authoritative action against the existence of guns and gun owners by implication. Gun Violence is a concept and the label makes the effort seem to be far away fromanything related to curtailing the Second Amendment. But wait! It is going to get even better, By shifting the focus from one of gun ownership to

“

violence

”

not only does it make it more difficultfor many people to oppose (I mean, who supports violence!?) it also opens the door to thinkingabout guns as a health issue-a community health issue at that. Our laws deal with community health issues much differently than it does Second Amendment rights.

Call for New Approach to Reducing Gun Violence

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

For Immediate Release

Contact: Mark Glaze, (202) 271-0982Wendy Balazik, (703) 836-6767 Ext. 264

The

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),

the world’s largest association of law

enforcement executives, today called on Congress and the Administration, as well as state and localgovernments, to support

strong and effective gun violence prevention policies

No matter whatyou call it, means infringing upon your 2

Amendment Rights!)

And to provide law enforcement with the resources necessary to reverse a

two-year rise in violentcrime

. (See below-this statement deserves some context)

The IACP unveiled a set of nearly 40 recommendations for policymakers, police, andcommunity and philanthropic leaders

which are the result of the

“

Great Lakes Summit on GunViolence

.”

The summit, held in Chicago earlier this year, was a groundbreaking

collaboration of 200law enforcement and elected officials and public health experts

to develop a cooperative approachto reduce gun related crime and violence.

“It is simply unacceptable that in communities across America more than 80 people a day are dyingfrom gun violence” said Russell Laine, Chief of the Algonquin, Illinois Police Department and IACP

2nd Vice President. “Every day, dedicated police officers p

ut their lives on the line to protect theircommunities from criminals who often outgun them

but we can’t do it alone. This is why we are

calling on policymakers and t

he public to help us combat gun violence.”

The recommendations in the report

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Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities - are divided into three areas;keeping communities safe, preventing and solving gun crime, and keeping police officers safe.

Specific proposals include:

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requiring that

all gun sales

take place through

federally licensed dealers

;

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enhancing the ability of law enforcement to use federal

gun trace data

to deter illegaltrafficking;

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enhancing the ability of law enforcement to use federal

gun trace data

to deter illegaltrafficking;

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removing all firearms and ammunition from batterers when law enforcement

responds todomestic violence calls;

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Restoring funding to the

COPS program

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mandating safe storage of firearms by private citizens.

“Much more effective responses to escalating g

un violence are urgently needed

”

Senator Edward M. Kennedy said. “

The IACP’s compelling report and specific recommendations

are a clear call to action.

Without further delay, Congress and the Administration need to do our partby enacting concrete reforms that will reduce crime and protect the safety of police officers and all

Americans.”

“In the northern part of my congressional district, there are more than 3,000 gang members, and all

have relatively easy access to weapons

”

Congressman Kirk said. “Besides the tragic loss of life and i

njuries associated with gun violence, weare creating environments that breed more crime. We need to implement common-sense policies thatwill curb gun violence and reduce gang activity

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making our communities safer and stronger.”

According to Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics lethal violence

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the majority of which is firearmrelated

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across the nation increased in both 2005 and 2006.**Emphasis added****************************************************

Again they repeat this distortion. How convenient to make this claim. You should take intoconsideration that violent crime rates have been trending downward for some time.