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The United Nations has been actively pursuing the international control of small arms including firearms for more than a decade and numerous governments around the world are seeking to regulate firearms ownership and use. Academics and scholars who understand the positive values of firearms have often not been represented in the popular press. |
May 1-2, 2003, the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities
sought to fill this vacuum by hosting an international firearms
scholars' symposium, "The Legal, Economic and Human Rights Implications
of Civilian Firearms Ownership and Regulation."
The program was held at the Tower of London, Royal Armouries Education Centre in London.*
There were over eight hours of presentations at that landmark symposium. Distilled from that program is the DVD, A QUESTION OF BALANCE,
which is 56- minutes long and includes numerous graphics, video footage
and photos; plus a special 13-minute overview of major topics covered.
Speakers cover important issues including: the futility of gun
registration as a deterrent against crime, the popularity of shooting
in Switzerland, gun ownership as a protection from genocide, women and
firearms, the importance of shooting sports as a form of recreation,
and advice from the firearms industry on how to regulate trade.
The
DVD is extremely informative and appropriate for libraries and schools,
as well as giving to decision-makers. It is currently being distributed
world-wide to UN-related NGOs. Click here to watch a short trailer on this program.
Featured speakers include:
Gary Mauser -- author & professor Simon Fraser University
James A. Swan, Ph.D. - author & psychologist;
David Kopel, -- attorney & author, Independence Institute;
David Penn -- Curator, Imperial War Museum;
Robert Glock - Glock Arms Co.
Don Kates - Constitutional attorney and author;
Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D., author & attorney;
Mary Stange, Ph.D. - author, professor Skidmore College
Host/Narrator - Guy Wilson, former Director of the Royal Armouries{mosauthorxtd noshow}