Posted on 03/18/2013 5:29:17 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
On Monday, in New York City, the United Nations kicked off its final round of negotiations on its comprehensive global arms trade treaty agreement.
In preparation for the talks, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed his optimism in a statement released last week that all 193 Member State will “overcome their differences and muster the political will needed to agree on this landmark treaty.”
While it’s unclear what the final draft of the ATT will look like, Ban Ki-moon said that he expects it to include regulations on both weapons and ammunition, from “small arms to tanks to combat aircraft.”
“I reiterate my support for an Arms Trade Treaty that regulates international transfers of both weapons and ammunition and provides for common standards for exporting States. These standards are important for assessing the risks that transferred weapons are not used to fuel conflict, arm criminals or abet violations of international humanitarian or human rights law,” said Ban ki-moon.
Ban Ki-moon also noted that this treaty was only the beginning, a launching pad for more expansive regulations down the road.
“Adoption of this treaty will also provide much-needed momentum for wider disarmament and non-proliferation efforts by the international community.”
The renewed push for an ATT certainly has many gun owners and gun rights organizations on edge. On that front, the NRA is leading the charge to defeat the ATT or to ensure that it doesn’t contain any provisions that would subvert the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.
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If he gets it, it means that many Republican Senators will have betrayed us.
Will this close the Mexican Drug Cartel Loophole?
Obamacare will not pass.
Obama will not get reelected.
Congress will not pass gun registration.....
Lets just keep the pressure on our congress critters and keep a long list of how they vote.
Where have you been for the last few years?
Courts and regulatory agencies have implemented treaty obligations that were not ratified by the Senate. Don’t hold out hope that the Senate will stand in the way even if they fail to ratify.
the reptard elite leadership are in on it with obama and the democrats. it’s all been kabuki theater for them.
Nothing new on this one...
It’s well past time to get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN.
The UN is only united against personal freedom, and has oozed far beyond its founding constraints.
True, the Dept. of Interior, Forestry Service and EPA have been trying to implement UN Agenda 21 for years, rural community by rural community. Piece by piece step by step.
Time for one last sortie for the USS New Jersey, sailing into NY Harbor. Now where are those 16” rounds?
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