Take a hint

The recent UN arms control conference is over. By the International Action Network on Small Arms' (IANSA) own admission, it went over like a pregnant pole-vaulter.

Score:

Gun owners: 1 Gun-banning blissninnies: Zilch.

UN Arms Talks Meltdown: Conference Allows Global Gun Crisis to Continue

Despite the efforts of the majority of governments to secure real change, the long awaited UN Small Arms conference has ended in failure. Hijacked by a small number of states, notably the US, the conference failed to agree on any measures at all to address the global gun crisis.

Read their entire snivelling press release for yourself:

http://www.iansa.org/un/review2006/documents/IANSA%20press%20release%20_7%20July%202006_.pdf

Next time I head out to do some shooting, I'll have a whole new reason to smile...