Posted on 09/14/2016 11:07:08 AM PDT by rktman
Under the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, which has been amended several times over the years, already give the executive branch essential control over the movement of weapons in and out of the United States, Bromund said.
The Arms Trade Treaty went into effect on Christmas Eve 2014, but the administration has never submitted the treaty to the Senate for ratification, where it would require 67 senators voting for it to pass. After Kerry signed on in 2013, 50 senators–including three Democrats–signed a letter to Obama expressing concern the treaty was overly “vague and easily politicized” and could encourage a national gun registry.
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Come and get ‘em.
Get the US out of the UN and get the UN out of the US. I am serious as a pneumonia seizure.
I'm surprised they noticed.
Thats racist!
Obama has already “self-ratified” the Global Warming Treaty. What makes you think he won’t “self-ratify” the gun treaty?
Post of the day!
The USA has been preparing and supplying annual reports to the UN even though they have NOT ratified the UN Small Arms Trade Treaty to date. I have reviewed such a report on the web. U.S. reported compliance actions included:
1) Return of US mfgd. (funded by US citizen tax-payers) M1 carbines from ally countries such as S. Korea, precluding their distribution through the CMP to law abiding citizens followed by their subsequent destruction.
Here is a link to the Arms Trade Tracking status website for USA data / compliance:
http://www.armstrade.info/countryprofile/united-states/
however the link to the USA report(s) does not appear to work...
Thanx
At UN website, the page for disarmament subtitle The Arms Trade Treaty, has a link at Meetings, First Conference of State Parties (CSP1).
Found a “Programme of Action by country” page here:
http://www.poa-iss.org/poa/nationalreportlist.aspx
US Compliance report for 2016 data (from above) is here:
http://www.poa-iss.org/CASACountryProfile/PoANationalReports/2016@207@2016%20-%20PoA%20-%20USA%20-%20E.pdf
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