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Obama Administration Partners With the UN to Attack the Second Amendment
Townhall.com ^ | November 8, 2012 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 11/08/2012 10:59:12 PM PST by Kaslin

Not shockingly, immediately after President Obama was reelected for a second term, his administration reinforced its support for the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty [ATT], also known as the "Small Arms Treaty." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been expressing full support of the treaty on behalf of the United States for years now while for political reasons, President Obama sat back. Now, the entire administration will be out front in support of ratifying it.

Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade.

U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies.

The month-long talks at U.N. headquarters broke off after the United States - along with Russia and other major arms producers - said it had problems with the draft treaty and asked for more time.

But the U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee moved quickly after Obama's win to approve a resolution calling for a new round of talks March 18-28. It passed with 157 votes in favor, none against and 18 abstentions.

U.N. diplomats said the vote had been expected before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election but was delayed due to Superstorm Sandy, which caused a three-day closure of the United Nations last week.

An official at the U.S. mission said Washington's objectives have not changed.

"We seek a treaty that contributes to international security by fighting illicit arms trafficking and proliferation, protects the sovereign right of states to conduct legitimate arms trade, and meets the concerns that we have been articulating throughout," the official said.

So what is the ATT? And is the argument from the U.N. that it won't suppress Second Amendment rights an honest one?

The general stated goal of the ATT is to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on guns and military equipment (no, really). I wrote about this in my book:

The alleged purpose of the treaty is to prevent crime, terrorism and even war by regulating the sale of guns, but it is a rarely noted irony that some of the biggest supporters of the treaty are also the world's most brazen supporters of terrorism, such as Iran, Syria and Cuba. Its proposed regulations extend to the level of firearms accessories, including scopes and magazines. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her support for the treaty in October 2009, saying, "The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area by seizing the opportunity presented by the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations.... The United States is committed to actively pursuing a strong and robust treaty that contains the highest possible, legally binding standards for the international transfer of conventional weapons. We look forward to this negotiation."

The final draft of the treaty is scheduled to be completed by summer 2012. The State Department, Department of Justice, and ATF have taken a leadership role in pushing the treaty. The Bush administration refused to participate ion the negotiations, but the Obama administration has been a willing participant in drafting the treaty, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the helm. Obama has said he would like to see the treaty ratified as a way of demonstrating American's respect for "international norms."

Because the UN's definition of "criminal activity" in the treaty is so broad, American gun owners could find themselves prosecuted if UN officials deemed owning some firearms a crime. If the treaty were to be effective, it would imply the necessity for strict regulation of individual firearms ownership. Mexico wants the treaty to regulate hunting rifles, because it claims hunting rifles are used by drug cartels. But of course any weapon that can be used for sport of self-defense could also be used in ways that the treaty might regulate.

The treaty calls for international reporting measures that would require countries to trace and keep track of weapons sold and transferred. Not only would this consume a massive amount of government resources, it would also be intrusive. Many Second Amendment advocates regard the creation of a nationwide database of lawful gun owners and a catalog of every firearm they own as an ominous expansion of government power. The most vocal supporters of the treaty in the United States are gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Joyce Foundation (the anti-gun organization that once counted Obama as a member).

Barack Obama is no doubt the most anti-gun president in the history of the United States and his pandering to the corrupt UN should be alarming to anyone who wants to keep their Second Amendment freedoms.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; obama; uselessnations
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1 posted on 11/08/2012 10:59:20 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

So it’s game on then, eh?


2 posted on 11/08/2012 11:03:09 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

The NRA supported Hairy Reid. No more money to them!


3 posted on 11/08/2012 11:07:28 PM PST by DISCO
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To: DISCO

Can you link? I tried to find info on this and could not...


4 posted on 11/08/2012 11:25:08 PM PST by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: Kaslin

Got ammo?


5 posted on 11/08/2012 11:46:31 PM PST by exnavy (Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: Kaslin

I will accept taxmageddon if it means protecting and preserving the second amendment.


6 posted on 11/09/2012 12:12:11 AM PST by RC one (Akin/Mourdock-2016)
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To: Kaslin

Poke the tiger. keep poking him... see what happens.


7 posted on 11/09/2012 12:20:18 AM PST by NeverForgetBataan (I am become Barry... destroyer of wealth)
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To: Kaslin

Gee, where are all those liberals who were assuring me that obama wasn’t for gun control?


8 posted on 11/09/2012 1:53:40 AM PST by lowbridge (Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
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To: Kaslin

Buying our Sigg 556 today in honor of the prez. For you bargain hunters, if you can stand black friday crowds at Walmart, stock up on a coupla deals.


9 posted on 11/09/2012 2:11:43 AM PST by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; CaptainAmiigaf

shopping?


10 posted on 11/09/2012 4:07:22 AM PST by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: Kaslin
Go ahead Barry, make our day. Sign the freaking thing -- that means squat.
US Constitution
Article II, Section 2, clause 2
He (POTUS) shall have the power, by and with consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided Two Thirds of the Senators present concur.
Now my calculator says 2/3rds of 100 is 66. Meaning only 35 have to oppose it for it to go down in flames. And wish as you might Mr Soetoro there aren't that many RINO turncoats or gun-grabbing senators (66) who will ratify this abomination.

And don't think you could have Di-Fi, Turbin Durbin, or Chuck The Schmuck sneak this thing past the senate at 2:00 am when there's only ten RAT senators there. Dingy Harry is still the Boss there and he kinda likes guns -- a shock I know -- and so do his UNION peeps in Nev.

(IMHO Dingy Harry wouldn't touch this. He has an A Rating from the NRA. So it'd be hard to even get it scheduled for a vote.)

11 posted on 11/09/2012 4:33:46 AM PST by Condor51 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: Condor51

That’s 2/3 of those PRESENT not necessarily 66. Could be less.

And besides I don’t think a treaty trumps the Constitution.


12 posted on 11/09/2012 5:25:16 AM PST by BigOrangeI (The Constitution says "promote the general welfare" NOT provide the general welfare.)
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To: Kaslin

If the UN is so against Illegal Arms Trafficking, they need to go after Eric Holder & the entire Obama administration. They are the criminals, not us.

The American gun owners didn’t participate in that fiasco.


13 posted on 11/09/2012 5:31:11 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Mrs. B.S. Roberts
Definitely. We'll make a stop and see what Scott has in Hollowtown. He's open 8:30-1pm. Or maybe the place I got my Beretta since we'll be in the neighborhood on Saturday.

Oh yeah...BTW...


14 posted on 11/09/2012 6:15:11 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 1)
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To: DISCO
The NRA supported Hairy Reid. No more money to them!

I let my membership lapse ages ago and simply rip up any mail they send me. They disgust me.

15 posted on 11/09/2012 6:19:20 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 1)
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To: Condor51
I thought everyone was aware that the Constitution is no longer in play. He'll sign this treaty, Congress may bitch but won't do a damned thing about it.

Obama is a liar. He is a Muslim...but then, I repeat my self.

He will not honor his inaugural oath for he has no honor. He will simply do as he pleases and dare Congress to do anything about it. He has a brand new pad of executive orders ready to go. We have entered the Twilight Zone. Signpost up ahead, "All Your Rights Are Belong To Us."

16 posted on 11/09/2012 6:26:41 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 1)
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To: Kaslin

Don’t bring a strongly worded letter to a gunfight.......


17 posted on 11/09/2012 6:27:51 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Yup. About sum it up.


18 posted on 11/09/2012 8:56:40 AM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Kaslin

The Political mask is being ripped off. The NWO agenda is being revealed. WE HAVE BEEN PLAYED FOR 100 YEARS BY THE ILLUMINATI GLOBALISTS. That’s the truth.


19 posted on 11/09/2012 11:38:24 AM PST by cowboyusa
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20 posted on 11/09/2012 7:57:20 PM PST by devolve ( ---- ---- ---- -CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER- ---- ---- ---- ---- John Belushi ---- ----)
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