Gun Control Treaty

[swinokur]

great news

 

[Jim Sr]

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[HollowPoint]

Hooray!!!

http://www.thegunmag.com/ccrkba-credits-grassroots-for-u-s-decision-to-not-sign-arms-treaty/

 

[vin]

Still not showing up on the MSM, but I trust this source seeing as Gotleib started his own UN NGO, IAPCAR. The guy knows what he's talking about.

 

[oldman12]

How bout the Law of the sea treaty? Just as bad .

 

[Fox123]

Def just as bad, was that ever actually signed? I know it has been passed on by what the last 3 presidents?

 

[pcfixer]

6th Congression District. Bartlett.

Dear Mr. XXXXX:

Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding the UN Arms Trade Treaty. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

The Constitution guarantees your Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms." I am a strong supporter of your Second Amendment right, and will oppose any encroachment upon a Constitutionally-guaranteed civil liberty. In addition, to protect our Constitution, all treaties must be ratified by the U.S. Senate. As a Member of the House, I will not have the opportunity to vote on the ratification of this treaty; however, I encourage you to contact your Senators, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Senator Ben Cardin about this pressing issue.

Until President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the United States has opposed membership to such a treaty. The Bush Administration, although leading the international war on terrorism, ardently proclaimed its disapproval of the UN Arms Trade Treaty by voting against the resolution that initiated the treaty-building process in 2006. By joining onto this treaty, the United States would be subjected to a menagerie of international gun-control policies, thereby limiting your Second Amendment right. I do not support any infringement upon America's sovereignty to govern.

In efforts to protect your Constitutional rights, I've cosponsored the Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011, H.R. 3584. This act expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, and the intent to withhold funding from the United nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict the rights of individuals in the United States to keep and bear arms.

Thank you again for bringing this important issue to my attention. Please keep me informed on issues that are important to you. In the meantime, I encourage you to visit my website http://www.bartlett.house.gov where you can sign up for e-mail updates.


Sincerely,
Roscoe Bartlett
Member of Congress

 

[pcfixer]

Response from Senator Cardin:

Thank you for writing me about the United Nations global Arms Transfer Treaty (ATT). This treaty, first introduced in 2006, is currently being negotiated in the United Nations.

Provided the ATT is passed out of the United Nations, the United States Senate would then consider ratification. Ratification of treaties requires two-thirds of Senators to vote in favor of the treaty. If the treaty comes before the Senate I will take your views into consideration.

Thank you for sharing your views with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of concern to you.


Please visit my website at http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/newsletter/ to sign up for my e-newsletter.

 

[aray]

Here's a short but very enlightening overview from the Heritage Foundation of why a treaty, even though not ratified by the Senate, might still have a legal effect on us:

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/24/arms-trade-treaty-media-need-an-advanced-class-on-treaties/

FYI I’m still not seeing any media reports on the non-US signature either, outside of Gottlieb’s posting. Odd.

 

[WeaponsCollector]

Hooray!!!

http://www.thegunmag.com/ccrkba-credits-grassroots-for-u-s-decision-to-not-sign-arms-treaty/

Sounds too good to be true! Hard to believe Hillary and Barack wouldn't sign it.

 

[swinokur]

It's an election year.

 

[JRoCc]

He'll have more flexibility in his second term.

 

[oldman12]

Sounds too good to be true! Hard to believe Hillary and Barack wouldn't sign it.

Both are full of Communist shite. They both want it, Election year is right.

 

[Darkknight]

Response from Senator Cardin:
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Thank you for writing me about the United Nations global Arms Transfer Treaty (ATT). This treaty, first introduced in 2006, is currently being negotiated in the United Nations.

Provided the ATT is passed out of the United Nations, the United States Senate would then consider ratification. Ratification of treaties requires two-thirds of Senators to vote in favor of the treaty. If the treaty comes before the Senate I will take your views into consideration.

Thank you for sharing your views with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of concern to you.


Please visit my website at http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/newsletter/ to sign up for my e-newsletter.

I'm pretty sure he told you to go "F" yourself, but I'm not sure!

 

[swinokur]

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[FONT=&quot]BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauds the decision by the United States to not sign the proposed International Arms Trade Treaty, and CCRKBA credits grassroots action for the gun rights victory.

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who is at the United Nations in New York, said the announcement came Friday morning after a week of intense negotiations.

“I think the grassroots surge by American gun owners against this treaty convinced our government to not sign this document,” Gottlieb said. “The proposed treaty, as written, poses serious problems for our gun rights, and the sovereignty of our Second Amendment.”

CCRKBA has been active in raising public awareness about the proposed treaty, and Gottlieb said he is proud of members and supporters who made “stepped up to the plate” and contacted their U.S. senators.

“This is freedom in action,” Gottlieb stated. “We are gratified that so many did so much to protect their Second Amendment rights from an international gun rights grab.
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[Jasonshooter]

It's simple.

"...I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."

Was I joking when I held up my right hand and swore that oath???

And il be right next to you and every other true American patriot standing our ground....

 

[Robert]

Sounds too good to be true! Hard to believe Hillary and Barack wouldn't sign it.

I know right, but thank God it's the real deal, they didn't sign it..

 

[Al's Snackbar]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/world/proponents-of-arms-trade-treaty-urge-final-approval.html

I for one will take all the credit on behalf of all the NRA members.

Thanks you and I will accept beer/bullets in consideration.

 

[balttigger]

It's an election year.

This.

Oh....I told you so.

 

[EL1227]

Thread revival

Chuck Norris NAILS it on TownHall.com -

The UN Gun Control Treaty Is Bad for Gun Owners Everywhere

What can we do? We can ensure that we have a president who will not support the treaty and a Senate that will not ratify it. That's not a one-time commitment. Remember that once a treaty is enacted, it can be picked up at any time by a president and Senate. There are smaller gun control treaties that have been floating around the Senate for ratification since 1998.

CHANGE that we can live with ... in other words, vote the SoB's out of office this Novemember and keep the gun-grabbers out of office in the future.

What can you do? You can make sure that you and every freedom-loving American you know is registered to vote. I'm proud to serve as the honorary chairman of Trigger The Vote, the National Rifle Association's nonpartisan campaign to register voters who support the Second Amendment. We've made it easy on our website; all the tools to register are there, at http://www.TriggerTheVote.org. If you're already registered, you probably know someone who isn't. Share the stakes with that person, and urge him or her to join the rolls of informed voters.

I can hear ya now ... it's just Norris 'pimpin' for the NRA. But, you can carry the message without spending a dime. Vote like your 2A right depends on it ... because it DOES.