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Unratified by the US, Controversial UN Arms Treaty Enters Into Force
cnsnews.com ^ | 12/23/2014 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 12/25/2014 6:52:00 AM PST by rktman

As United Nations officials welcome the Christmas Eve entry into force of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), its progress in the U.S. remains hampered by significant Senate opposition and funding prohibitions included in appropriations legislation.

Most recently, the omnibus government funding bill passed by the Congress earlier this month contained new prohibitions on the administration using any funds to implement the conventional arms treaty. Under U.N. procedures the U.S. would be liable for 22 percent of the budget for the ATT secretariat, the body that will oversee its implementation.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol; unclownserisms
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Hmmm. We'd only have to pay 22% of the att budget? Um, NO! There's a picture to the side of the article showing john f'n kohn-heinz-kerry signing an agreement to this farce. I guess I musta forgot that the un trumps the constitution. Not in my eyes it doesn't. Just another treasonous act by the haughty j f'n khk. But then, he's used to it.
1 posted on 12/25/2014 6:52:01 AM PST by rktman
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The Senate sent Barry a letter long ago warning him not to sign the treaty as they would never ratify it. And they won’t as its unconstitutional and likely to kick off CWII.


2 posted on 12/25/2014 6:56:20 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: rktman

moron the att from our “esteemed” buddies at the un:

http://gunsnfreedom.com/merry-christmas-eve-says-un-gun-ban/


3 posted on 12/25/2014 6:59:09 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

And the lyin’ king laughed and laughed and laughed. “Constitution? We don’t need no steenkin’ constitution. As long as I got a pen and a phone, I’ll do whatever I feel like.”

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!


4 posted on 12/25/2014 7:01:06 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

It has no force here.


5 posted on 12/25/2014 7:03:27 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: rktman

Still, thanks to this treaty gun deaths will probably go down in Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan. Boko Haram will turn in their guns. ISIS, realizing the jig is up, turn in theirs. The Talibs in Pakistan and Afghanistan apply for gun permits and await the results of the background checks.


6 posted on 12/25/2014 7:06:57 AM PST by marron
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To: marron

Sarcasm at it’s best. I can dig it :)


7 posted on 12/25/2014 7:10:02 AM PST by upchuck (Too much ME, not enough G.)
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To: rktman

We know he is taking orders from whomever is on the other end of the phone. I am surprised. I did not know they had phone service in Hell.


8 posted on 12/25/2014 7:10:56 AM PST by Ingtar (Is this the Ebola and rumors of Ebola mentioned in the Bible?)
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To: rktman
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
9 posted on 12/25/2014 7:14:28 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

You are correct. The first blue helmets in my neighborhood would end up with some big holes in them from some of the folks around here. We don’t play that crap.

Maybe I should run for President... my first act would be to remove the US from the UN. All by executive order of course. Then disband DHS, ATF, etc. Lock down the border, stop wasting money on the war on drugs, mandate back to back amnesties of the NFA until such time as it is repealed. Strip the budget down to bare bones. Etc.


10 posted on 12/25/2014 7:35:01 AM PST by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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Here is Lurch walking away from freedom in the united States.

"Towards Universal Participation and Implementation."

Yeah, sure thing.

Just more commie crap for the turd worlders to whine about and stick out their hand for u.S. Taxpayer money.

NO.

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11 posted on 12/25/2014 7:42:26 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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There are appx 200 members of the UN. Fine. uS to pay its proportional share, that being 1/200th of the budget.


12 posted on 12/25/2014 7:42:59 AM PST by rstrahan
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its progress in the U.S. remains hampered

A rather odd phasing from a CNS writer....


13 posted on 12/25/2014 7:44:31 AM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Arms control is a joke. A lot of national governments are corrupt, run by military or socialist dictators or hungry for money and sell arms they make or buy supposedly for their army out the back door. These same governments are either cooperating with international criminal cartels or terrorists, Even some who sign this treaty do this.

The USA is pretty good about controlling arms shipped abroad due to licensing or border controls so we don’t need this treaty.

We have had lapses as our missile and a-bomb tech was leaked during the Clinton years and the computer hackers in Red China, Russia, Iran, etc have had their noses in every US gov’t and business data center. We have no secretes from bad actors. Stolen info is as dangerous as actual weapons.


14 posted on 12/25/2014 7:47:00 AM PST by RicocheT (Only a few prefer liberty--the majority seek nothing more than fair masters. Sallust, Histories)
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To: marron

I agree. This treaty does Nothing to stop bloodshed. Absolutely Nothing good. Satan powers the UN.


15 posted on 12/25/2014 7:48:43 AM PST by SisterK
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To: SisterK

This supposed satan character holds no truck in my life. I’d blow his shiite away as well as anyone else’s. Just one more step over the threshold.

Merry Christmas.


16 posted on 12/25/2014 7:56:29 AM PST by onedoug
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To: rstrahan

If that would ever really happen, it wouldn’t take long before the UN would be a fading memory.


17 posted on 12/25/2014 7:57:15 AM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: rktman

Refusing the 22% is a good start. Next we can completely cut off all US funding for the UN. What a Christmas gift that would be.


18 posted on 12/25/2014 8:30:07 AM PST by DPMD
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To: GeronL

“It has no force here.”

It has no force here, YET. I’ve seen it happen over and over with government, both national and state - start with a little bit in print, then gradually approve a little bit, let people get used to that, then add a bit more, and when it’s over, the whole thing is in effect. We have to have Cruz as president to save the country from complete destruction.


19 posted on 12/25/2014 8:44:45 AM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella

You describe the boiling frog theory well.
Merry Christmas.


20 posted on 12/25/2014 9:33:18 AM PST by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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