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      "id": 302961,
      "date": "2005-04-07",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-07T19:47:50.039029",
      "title": "The United Nations and \"Gun Control\"",
      "summary": "Since the mid-1990s, some sources have stated that the United Nations is trying to disarm the\nworld\nby taking control of all guns, including in particular, guns held by private citizens in the United\nStates. U.N. member states have discussed problems associated with increasing numbers of firearms\nthroughout the world in various U.N. organs and subsidiary bodies. These discussions have been\ndirected towards illegal manufacture and trafficking in firearms. This report summarizes the results\nof these considerations in two central U.N. venues -- the criminal arena and the arms control and\ndisarmament arena. U.S. representatives have participated in these discussions, usually pointing out\nthis country's interest in protecting the Second Amendment rights of U.S. citizens to own guns. U.S.\nrepresentatives have also expressed concern that the increasing quantities of illegally manufactured\nand trafficked firearms that are contributing to rising levels of crime, violence, and conflict are also\naccessible to terrorists. This report will be updated as events warrant.",
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    "Intelligence and National Security"
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