The Programme of Action is Ineffective and Dangerous

The U.S. Should Withdraw from the U.N.’s ‘Programme of Action’ on Small Arms, Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #3714, August 31, 2012. "The PoA contains a range of commitments on which participating nations have agreed to report biennially. It is not a treaty process: it is, in theory, a mechanism for encouraging voluntary cooperation. In practice, it has achieved little. On August 29, the U.N. released its International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS), which epitomizes the PoA’s promotion of gun control norms. Since the PoA is ineffective and seeks to constrain freedoms protected by the Constitution, the time has come for the U.S. to withdraw from it."