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====================================== NEWS FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS 900 R.R. 620 S Suite C101 Box 228 Austin, TX 78734 http://www.2asisters.org Toll-free 877-271-6216 ====================================== SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS TO SPEAK AT UNITED NATIONS PROTEST RALLY TO SUPPORT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) will have representatives from their organization speaking at the UN Protest Rally on Saturday June 14th at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City.TRT-New York is organizing the Rally, running from 12 noon until 4pm. The United Nations is holding the "Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects" from July 9 - 20 in New York City. According to FOXnews.com, two hours after the conference opened, the United States rejected several elements of the draft program of action, asked that others be modified and had its own ideas of what constitutes small arms. The more controversial topics at the gathering include controls on the manufacturing, transfer and possession of small arms, standardized export criteria and marking and tracing practices. The United States rejected many of those hot-button issues, including a proposal that calls for small arms to be supplied to governments only. "The United States will not join consensus on a final document that contains measures contrary to our constitutional right to keep and bear arms," Undersecretary of State John Bolton told the opening session of the eleven-day U.N. conference. "The United States believes that the responsible use of firearms is a legitimate aspect of national life," Bolton said, adding that Washington would not accept any "measures that would constrain legal trade and legal manufacture of small arms and light weapons." The United Nations defines small arms as revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles and light machine-guns. Light weapons include heavy machine-guns, mortars, hand grenades, grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns and portable missile launchers. Speaking at the Protest Rally in support of our Second Amendment Rights will be Rodi Bestider, SAS Lehigh Valley, PA Chapter Coordinator and an immigrant from Romania. She will relate her experiences growing up in a communist country where gun ownership (our 2nd Amendment Right) was not allowed, and people disappeared in the middle of the night for speaking out (our 1st Amendment Right). Also speaking will be Maria Heil, National Press Coordinator/Spokesperson for SAS and mother of four. For the list of other scheduled speakers please see the TRT-NY website at www.trt-ny.org
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