(MintPress) - Representatives from 150 countries gathered at the United Nations (U.N.) in New York Monday for the final round of discussions regarding the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) — a proposed international pact that would tighten regulations on the $70 billion trade for all conventional weapons and cut down on the burgeoning illicit arms
NRA Stymies UN Efforts For Arms Treaty
Activist Medea Benjamin, of Code Pink, is led away by security as she protests during a statement by National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, left, during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Washington. The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last […]