Posted on 06/15/2012 10:40:36 AM PDT by Sasparilla
As Spain deals with a bailout to "save" the economy and the country, and while the country is engaged in its worst financial crisis in recent memory, the Spanish Parliament took time this week to push for adoption of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. This is the Treaty that will infringe on the US Constitution, the Second Amendment, and your right to self defense. The United Nations and specially invited anti firearms rights groups who want to eliminate our firearms freedoms will be convening at the UN July 2nd through the 27th to draft a Treaty to accomplish the goal of regulating firearms and accessories, and ultimately the disarming all of America.
Spain agreed with the drafters of the Treaty, with input from various international and US gun control groups, who want the “Urgent and essential” Treaty to; "a) Include a golden rule that prohibits the authorization of arms transfers where there is a substantial risk that used to commit or facilitate the commission-¬ - serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law. b) Allow a comprehensive coverage that includes controls on weapons, ammunition and related material and on "ALL" (emphasis added) transfers. c) explicit regulation of solid systems of licensing, transparency and reporting.” 1
International gun ban groups are telling UN member states, including the United States, in unambiguous terms, to adopt this Treaty and clamp controls and international regulations on your firearms and ammunition, and all transfers, including purchase and sale of guns and ammunition. By the wording of the treaty, inclusion of the “and related material” provision would include parts, accessories, scopes, stocks, magazines, and the like. The regulations are limited only by the bureaucratic enforcers...
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—This is the Treaty that will infringe on the US Constitution, the Second Amendment, and your right to self defense.—
Gee. Wonder if it will get past the house or, if it does, past the SCOTUS.
Good luck with that. The UN couldn’t find its @$$ with both hands.
I have a feeling that if the US adopts this measure it will be the start of a new American Civil War.,
Didn’t Thomas Jefferson write that a revolution is needed every 20 years or so? We are 200 years overdue, but the next one will be a doozy.
Good thing the oresident can’t unilaterally ratify treaties. good luck getting two thirds of the senate to ratify this garbage. Oh, you better hope it doesn’t require ANY funding because then the house can vote to kill it by defunding it. F T UN.
Let them try.
It needs 67 votes in the senate only. If all the dems and a few rinos go for it,then we have a serious problem.
It needs 67 votes in the senate only. If all the dems and a few rinos go for it,then we have a serious problem.
Good thing the President can’t act unilaterally and sign this treaty without first going through congress. </sarc>
If the Senate did ratify it I don't think SCOTUS has a roll.
I don't
What happened after farming laws were passed? What happened are firearms laws were passed? What happened during the Great Depression?
—If the Senate did ratify it I don’t think SCOTUS has a roll.—
I think you meant donut. ;-)
But...I’m no expert, but the senate will probably be overturned regarding obamacare, can a citizen not sue to declare the ratification of a treaty unconstitutional?
Sorry, but taking my guns is a go to moment. I’m a Texas Mom, this would be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Not just for my family either. If Barack Kardasian and his cronies do this, I can see a serious (for the first time) talk of sucession.
—What happened during the Great Depression?—
What ended the the great depression?
Ha! I don't even play one on FR
....can a citizen not sue to declare the ratification of a treaty unconstitutional?
No, the Constitution provides for treaties. It doesn't require them to be well thought out. I don't know that SCOTUS could declare a treaty unconstitutional.
I'd be happy to be wrong about that.
Our boys were in the wrong theater.
If all the dems and a few rinos go for it,then we have a serious problem.
NO Sir! They are the ones who will have a serious problem. Most serious.
The real test is getting past my front door.....
Treaty ratification requires two thirds of the Senate.
That would be 67 votes....I don’t see that happening.
I don't either. If it did, could SCOTUS judge its Constitutionality?
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