A brilliant little video that uses humor to highlight the need to shut down the global trade in small arms (h/t Slog):

For years now, activists and a number of countries have been trying to draft and get UN approval for a treaty limiting trade in small arms.  Unfortunately, the National Rifle Association have convinced their friends in the Bush Administration to oppose these efforts, and has portrayed them as some sort of world government conspiracy.

Perhaps under the Obama Administration, the United States can demonstrate some leadership.  It won’t be easy — the NRA will portray any small arms ban as an effort to deny their members their guns. But it could save tens of thousands of lives.

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