Talk:Rebecca Peters

message: * "She has been criticized by the National Rifle Association in the United States, which believes that Rebecca Peters, along with the United Nations, wishes to "strip all citizens of all nations of their right to self-protection" via gun-ownership by "banning civilian ownership of firearms". The U.N. maintains that it has no desire to attempt to outlaw gun ownership in any country."
I have the edited transcript of the Great Gun Debate posted by IANSA on their website and a 
copy of the DVD of the entire debate distributed by the NRA.
The Great UN Gun Debate from the Library of Kings College London 2004, 
MOTION: "Should the United States Senate Support the Proposed UN Treaty that Bans Private 
Ownership of Guns?" 
Moderated by British TV personality Paul Lavers,  
Pro: Director of IANSA, Rebecca Peters, 
Con: Head of NRA ILA, Wayne LaPierre, 
aired on US pay TV from October 20-30 2004. 
Rebecca Peters:
"Mr LaPierre has referred to Australia and the UK as having lost the right to have guns for 
self-defence. That was never the case. Most developed countries do not sanction the 
ownership of guns with the intention of killing another person. The laws changed in 
Australia and the UK. That made no difference to the question of whether you were allowed to have guns for self-defense. You were not allowed to have guns for self-defense. If you had a gun for self-defense you were breaking the law."
Rebecca Peters: 
"Yes, I believe that semiautomatic rifles and shotguns have no legitimate role in civilian 
hands. And not only that, handguns have no legitimate role in civilian hands...."    
Moderator: 
"Let's take it another step. What types of firearms do you think American citizens should be able to own? What exact type?"
Rebecca Peters: 
"....I think Americans who hunt -- and who prove that they can hunt -- should have single 
shot rifles suitable for hunting whatever they're hunting...."
Rebecca Peters to a UK handgun target shooter during Q&A from the audience:
"Times change. I know that pistol shooting used to be a sport that was allowed in the UK and it no longer is. I am sad for you. I suppose if you miss your sport, take up another sport, take up a sport that does not require a weapon designed for the sole specific purpose of killing another human being." 
Rebecca Peters made it clear in the 2004 debate that she and IANSA wanted to lobby the UN to ban all firearms within the United States except single shot hunting rifles with a range 
less than 100 yards, and limit those rifles to hunters who were licensed, registered and 
proved themselves to the satisfaction of international authority. By 2006 the UN distanced 
itself from the goals of IANSA in respect to restricting private ownership within nations.
The first two quotes are extracted from the IANSA posting of an edited transcript of the 
debate. The third quote to the target shooter was transcribed by myself from the DVD video 
of the complete debate.Naaman Brown (talk) 11:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Selecting choice quotes out of a long debate would be cherry picking.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.119.231.132 (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be; but if those quotes are representative of her position, then they might be used to support that.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 20:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Try adding "representative" quotes picked from the public remarks of Waybe LaPierre that haven't been reported in secondary sources to his bio and see how quickly they're deleted. Hell, they're deleted even if they get widespread attention. 162.119.231.132 (talk) 16:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebecca Peters, UN and IANSA