Posted on 05/27/2012 3:34:40 PM PDT by neverdem
As we reported last week, every gun owner concerned about the future of our Right to Keep and Bear Arms should be aware that the United Nations and the global gun eradication movement are attempting to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms by drafting a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. This treaty would cover tanks, helicopters, and other heavy weapons but could also include civilian rifles, shotguns and handguns. The treaty's language will be finalized by the U.N. this July during a four week conference.
In an attempt to thwart this serious threat to our sovereign rights and freedoms, earlier this year, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) introduced S. 2205--the "Second Amendment Sovereignty Act." S. 2205 would prohibit the Administration from using "the voice, vote, and influence of the United States, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict in any way the rights of United States citizens under the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items, including small arms, light weapons, or related materials."
This week, during consideration of the Fiscal Year 2013 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, Senator Moran took additional steps to safeguard our rights and joined Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in offering an amendment to protect the rights of American gun owners from being undermined by the proposed ATT. We're pleased to announce that the amendment passed by a voice vote.
The amendment will block any taxpayer dollars from being used to advocate or agree to any provision that would restrict in any way the rights of United States citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or that would otherwise regulate the domestic manufacture, importation, assembly, possession, use, transfer or purchase of firearms, ammunition or related items.
"The United Nations must be prevented from interfering with our constitutional freedoms. Equally important, American taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for the U.N.’s efforts to restrict our Right to Keep and Bear Arms," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "The NRA would like to thank Senator Tester and Senator Moran for their leadership in offering this amendment to protect American freedom."
A similar amendment, offered by Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.), was adopted by the House Committee on Appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2013 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs last Thursday by a bipartisan vote of 30-20.
Thanks for posting. I am an NRA_ILA volunteer here in Pa and I had not seen this.
Now if we could just pass legislation banning the use of tax dollars to advocate or help the U.N. period!
Why can’t it include tanks and aircraft? I’m pretty sure there’s a difference between ‘arms’ and ‘firearms’.
“....United Nations and the global gun eradication movement are attempting to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms by drafting a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty.”
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Won’t be long till they also have the First Amendment in their sights.
The slow loss of our sovereignty started long before Obama.
I guess the UN has never played “Cowboys and UN” before.
The umma, the monolithic muslim world has controlled the UN way too long, and although it is "one," political entity, they have maneuvered 58 or 60 votes in the UN.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that UN mandates have absolutely no effect on the muslim countries, yet they would push for votes to affect actual democratic States.
This criminal comedy of errors has got to stop!
How about starting with cancelling all foreign aid of all kinds from the middle easr countries including Pakistan?
I don't really care if they kill each other off for the next milenium. Just stay away from our country in any form whastsoever. Fund, Train and educate your own killers.
I wish they would get as fired up about LOST.
Over here FRiend. Thank you for posting this neverdem!
The UN building in New York is a waste of prime Manhattan real estate.
It’s time to implode the building just like developers do in Las Vegas to defunct hotels, clear away the rubble, and re-develop the site with gleaming new office space, hotels, and condos.
Another great move by Tester. I’ll certainly applaud the Democrat for defending the Second Amendment and for his Tester Amendment (earlier, re. S.510) to keep big, corporate government agriculture from shutting down small farms.
Ping!
And the chances that this will be passed in the Senate and actually signed by President Obama are ....????
Zero. Zilch. Nada. None. The same as hell freezing over.
It is just political theater.
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