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Winning the Fight on Illegal Arms Trading

Winning the Fight on Illegal Arms Trading

Closed — 62 supporters Verified

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Started by Ricardo Hernandez 10 years, 5 months ago

The exchange of illegal arms for money, power, and terrorizing civilians has been a problem for many years. The people who are making these exchanges care not if the weapons are illegal, who they are selling them to, nor what they are being used for. They only care that they make money. What is the outcome of these people’s greediness, you may ask. The answer to that would be that 1,500 people are killed each day by illegal weapons. By resolving the illegal arms trading issue, the world would be better because it would allow more control and safety. It would also reduce the amount of deaths that occur every day. There would be more control over the people because there wouldn’t be so much trouble with people doing bad things. For example, it would reduce deaths, drug dealing, and violence. Hundreds of lives would be saved every year. With that being said, we petition to have stricter punishments enforced for breaking this law, and to have increased military or police involvement on this topic. We must not keep going after the runners, but we must try and arrest the sources of these issues. So let's make the world a better place, thank you.

Updates

April 26, 2016

The stories shared in the comments regarding the human cost of these weapons are deeply sobering. I am currently researching the bureaucratic channels required to elevate these demands to the officials responsible for international policy. There is much work left to do in order to move beyond the surface of this issue and confront the primary sources.

April 26, 2016

Seeing this groundswell of support confirms that many are tired of the daily toll exacted by the illicit arms trade. This momentum suggests that a collective demand for accountability is finally taking root. We are shifting the focus from minor players toward the sources of this lasting harm.

10 Comments

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Jason Schneider
10 years ago Featured

1500 people a day is insane. How is this still allowed to happen???

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Kevin Owens
10 years ago Featured

Hope this actually works.

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Linda Collins
10 years ago Featured

Keep fighting the good fight. We need safer streets for everyone.

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David Chen
10 years ago Featured

Totaly agree. These dealers need to be put behind bars for a long time.

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Mike Conway
10 years ago Featured

Its about time someone actually did something about these gun runners. Way too many people dying for no reason.

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Sarah Gordon
10 years ago Featured

Finally! Please get this done. Im so sick of hearing about all the violence on the news.

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Tynaja Jones
10 years ago

How can I help by signing up?

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Alexis Barnes
10 years ago

I totally agree with you on this!!!!