Legal Commentary

The OAS Firearms Convention Is Incompatible with American Liberties

By David Kopel

Just published on-line this morning is the above Backgrounder from the Heritage Foundation. My coauthors are Theodore Bromund  and Ray Walser, of Heritage. We argue that the CIFTA gun control convention, which was drafted by the Organization of American States, and which President Obama has urged the Senate to ratify, would harm First and Second Amendment rights. We suggest that the convention offers no practical benefits to the United States.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).