The G8 must take responsibility for weapons that are produced in their countries. We need the G8 to agree to comprehensive controls over all aspects of small arms proliferation -- both the legal and illegal supply... 84 percent of those killed in wars since 1990 have been civilians.

Dianna Melrose of the Oxfam
speaking at a press conference on the G-8 summit.
From an article, "UK Aid Agencies Call on G8 to Control Arms Trade,"
Reuters, 13 May 1998.
From: http://www.prepcom.org/low/pc7/index.html#oxfam as of 01/07/99

[Ms. Melrose fails to realize that when civilians have effective means of protecting themselves there has never been a genocide.  It's when government has a monopoly on small arms that the most civilians are killed.

The link above is dead.  But do a google search for {prepcom small arms}to find similar information on this same topic.  In the late 90's gun ownership rights were under extreme pressure from all directions including international pressure on the U.S.]