Breaking news from the Washington Times: “The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping, first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade.”
This treaty includes “small arms and light weapons” in its list of weaponry that is to be subject to international regulations! President Obama is under pressure to support the treaty, but it is unlikely he will need prodding. He has made every indication that he supports it, and he is of course working here in the United States on various gun restrictions. The Senate must not ratify this!
The treaty has been marketed as a way to keep weapons out of the hands of dictators and terrorists, but it is an international attack on private gun ownership and will essentially regulate our Second Amendment rights. Furthermore, the U.N.'s Coordinating Action on Small Arms says the arms trade must be regulated “in ways that would minimize the misuse of legally owned weapons." How many criminals and terrorists do you know with “legally owned” weapons? They will never have any problem securing firearms; but you can be certain law-abiding citizens like you and me, who wish to own firearms for protection and recreation, will suffer. That is the U.N.’s stated goal, to at a very minimum create an international registry, and at worst, to disarm the American people.
Obama told Sarah Brady (from the Brady Campaign), "I just want you to know that we are working on [gun control]. We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar."
And that is why hours after he was re-elected, Obama placed a late night call to the U.S. delegation and told them to vote “yes” on the treaty, after laying low throughout the election season and pretending negotiations had stalled.
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The Second Amendment is under severe attack by our own citizens, and now member of the United Nations are going to enter our country and debate how best to take away our rights. The treaty will:
· Enact tougher licensing requirements, making it almost impossible for you, an individual, to own a firearm
· Require the government to confiscate firearms owned by individuals
· Place further restrictions on the sale of arms
· Create an international gun registry
· Give foreign nations access to your personal data
Last month the Senate approved a nonbinding amendment opposing the treaty, and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) says “The Senate has already gone on record in stating that an Arms Trade Treaty has no hope, especially if it does not specifically protect the individual right to bear arms and American sovereignty. It would be pointless for the president to sign such a treaty and expect the Senate to go along. We won’t ratify it.”
We must make sure the Senate keeps this opinion. Only 8 Democrats joined Republicans in approving the amendment against it. This is no time for opinion to change as pressure mounts for new gun control laws everywhere.
Tell Congress to defend our Constitution, save our right to bear arms, and keep America free from international control.
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