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Gun lobby helps block US from signing UN arms treaty: Use these online tools to fight back!
Hours to stop the killing trade!
Every minute of every day, guns kill someone's father, mother, child, or dear friend. Right now our governments are in final talks to agree on a global treaty to ban selling weapons to those that commit genocide. But with just 24 hours to go, the US is blocking the deal.
We have trade treaties on everything from apples to iPods, but unbelievably there are no global regulations on arms deals. Most countries are pushing for a strong agreement right now to keep guns from despots, child soldiers and drug mafias. But behind closed doors the US is trying to slip crazy loopholes into the deal, putting arms dealers' profits before saving lives! If we flood the US with messages from around the world now, we will expose their deadly dealings and could convince President Obama to back down.
We only have 24 hours until the negotiations wrap up. Use the tools on the right (at the link) to flood the US with emails, facebook messages, tweets and phone calls now and tell them to stop the killing trade!
Go here for the online tools: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_killing_trade_action_center/?pv=8
Every minute of every day, guns kill someone's father, mother, child, or dear friend. Right now our governments are in final talks to agree on a global treaty to ban selling weapons to those that commit genocide. But with just 24 hours to go, the US is blocking the deal.
We have trade treaties on everything from apples to iPods, but unbelievably there are no global regulations on arms deals. Most countries are pushing for a strong agreement right now to keep guns from despots, child soldiers and drug mafias. But behind closed doors the US is trying to slip crazy loopholes into the deal, putting arms dealers' profits before saving lives! If we flood the US with messages from around the world now, we will expose their deadly dealings and could convince President Obama to back down.
We only have 24 hours until the negotiations wrap up. Use the tools on the right (at the link) to flood the US with emails, facebook messages, tweets and phone calls now and tell them to stop the killing trade!
Go here for the online tools: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_killing_trade_action_center/?pv=8
MSNBC story that doesn't seem to have been posted: Gun lobby helps block US from signing UN arms treaty
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