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U.S. Criticized for Weakening Draft of Global Arms Treaty
Human rights groups are criticizing the United States and other
countries for acting to weaken a draft of what could be the first-ever
global arms treaty. Negotiations began at the United Nations in New York
City last week for a treaty to regulate the $70 billion trade. Earlier
talks collapsed last year when the United States — which leads the world
in global arms exports — as well as Russia and China said they needed
more time. On Monday, Anna MacDonald, head of arms control for Oxfam,
said the new draft is too weak.
Anna MacDonald: "This treaty is not good enough. This is not the treaty that we have been campaigning for, for 10 years. This is not the treaty that’s going to save lives and protect people. The loopholes must be closed, and the president of the conference must listen to the voices of the majority, who have been saying repeatedly during this first week of negotiations — and indeed in informal sessions continuing discussions over the weekend — what they want to see in the treaty and why this must be a treaty with a very comprehensive scope of weapons covered and very tough and clear rules by which governments assess whether or not to authorize an arms transfer."
Study: African Americans 10 Times More Likely to Be Shot Dead Than Whites
A new study confirms how deeply gun deaths in the United States are
shaped by race. The Washington Post reports African Americans are more
than 10 times as likely to be shot dead as white people. Whites are five
times more likely to commit suicide with a gun than to be killed with a
gun. But for each African American who uses a gun to commit suicide,
five are shot dead by other people. Meanwhile, a poll by The Washington
Post and ABC News says three-quarters of African Americans support stronger gun control versus half of white people.
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