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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Maybe not the treaty itself, but treaties require implementing legisliation to give the provisions the force of law. Those laws and regulations can be unconstitutional.
—I don’t know that SCOTUS could declare a treaty unconstitutional.—
Maybe just its enforcement? After all, if a treaty violates the first amendment rights of US citizens on US soil, I would assume it is pretty much unenforceable. I would certainly hope so!
—I don’t know that SCOTUS could declare a treaty unconstitutional.—
Yes, I’m thinking of the concept of unenforceable clauses in contracts. I cannot obligate myself, contractually, to give up one of my kids if I can’t make the payments, regardless of what it says in the contract.
Immigration amnesty used to require the Senate, too.
I don't see the votes in the Senate in any case.
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