Posted on 12/02/2014 7:29:03 AM PST by SisterK
Fairfax, Va. – Today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of the Obama administration. The National Rifle Association strongly opposes this treaty, which is a clear violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Doesn’t go “into effect” until is has been ratified by 2/3 of the Senate.
A completely unlawful act, approved by a lawless administration.
Cue the Blue Helmet target......
I hope that you are correct. I did not know that “obligations” to the UN are the same as treaties with foreign countries.
A completely unlawful act, approved by a lawless administration.
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...and aided by a complicit and corrupt media.
And more than a year old
If not ratified Obama will just rely on executive agencies to issue “rulings” to achieve the same ends.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2907317/posts
some debate on whether congress has to ratify UN treaties
A treaty is a treaty. The US Constitution has strict requirements for passage that requires Senate ratification. If it’s not a Treaty then it cannot be enforced if it violates other Constitutional guarantees.
How does the President or SoS “sign” a treaty that has not been previously ratified by the Senate? Since when do we “sign” a treaty and then see if the Senate will ratify it? Does John F’n Kerry carry a bottle of White Out back to the UN to blot out his signature?
This seems to affect the importation of Firearms to America. You’d be surprised how many of our firearms are manufactured outside the US (maybe you wouldn’t).
I understand that it is an old article. It comes to my attention because it goes into effect three weeks from now.
Like a said, if it is a treaty, it has to be ratified. Agreements, accords, pacts, etc. are NOT treaties and are as only enforceable as far as the current President’s desire, and that is debatable. These hokum specious arguments are just diversion to get you to believe he can do this without ratification.
The rulings do not have the Constitution behind them. The only thing that can trump Constitutional guarantees are ratified treaties, per the Constitution.
Just let them come try to get my guns on a frigging ruling.
Another act of treason.
Correct.. been done this road many times and no treaty can trump the Constitution.
Doesn’t go “into effect” until is has been ratified by 2/3 of the Senate.
Exactly! And I will make sure my Senators know that I oppose this one.
In March 2013 a finished version of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was finally presented to the U.N. General Assembly, and that body approved the treaty by a vote 154 to 3 (with 23 abstentions) on 2 April 2013. The U.S. was one of the member nations voting in the General Assembly to approve the treaty; only Iran, North Korea, and Syria voted against it.
The treaty was finally signed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in September 2013, but the treaty still requires ratification by fifty U.N. signatories before it goes into effect (so far only seven nations have committed to that step), and it still requires approval by the U.S. Senate before the United States commits to its terms.
1 pray that you are correct
current admin leaves me paranoid
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