Perhaps the two clearest threads in all the human rights jargon are the focus on international law coupled with a potent strain of anti Americanism. This is a combination that can be deadly when accurately aimed at national sovereignty or individual rights.The most telling aspect of the left's obsession with human rights is not so much what its proponents claim to defend but what they would be happy to sacrifice. And one thing all human rights activists are perpetually ready to jettison is the right Americans enjoy in keeping and bearing arms.

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