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The international firearms community's reaction to the proposal for reducing the international trafficking of small arms & weapons formulated by the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms & Light Weapons in All Its Aspects is presented. An overview of the various firearms organizations that participated in the conference is provided. It is contended that the firearms community was more successful than anti-firearms nongovernment organizations in achieving its goals. After stating that a clearer definition of "firearm" is needed before legislation is implemented, it is claimed that the conference's program of action should target illegally marked & transferred firearms rather than those possessed by law-abiding citizens. Measures that illustrate the firearms community's proactive stance toward reducing illegal firearms trafficking are noted. J. W. Parker