Weapons included:h. Small Arms and Light Weapons
- 2. Each State Party Shall establish and Maintain a national control system to regulate the export of munitions to the extent necessary to ensure that national controls on the export of the conventional arms covered by Paragraph a1 (a)-(h) are not circumvented by the export of munitions for those conventional arms.
- 3. Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system to regulate the export of parts and components to the extent necessary to ensure that national controls on the export of the conventional arms covered by Paragraph A1 are not circumvented by the export of parts and components of those items.
- 4. Each State Party shall establish or update, as appropriate, and maintain a national control list that shall include the items that fall within Paragraph 1 above, as defined on a national basis, based on relevant UN instruments at a minimum. Each State Party shall publish its control list to the extent permitted by national law.
Ping to #42 and then write your senators;
This treaty is talking about restricting the export of weapons ...
I can still go get a weapon if I want to ...
I would be more concerned that the other posters point is valid ... this would make it harder to arm our allies in the world against their enemies.
The provisions you cite are export controls, and export control lists. The treaty (by my reading) does not require any regulation of domestic weapon ownership, nor does it require any sort of registry. A “control list” is not a registry, it’s basically a classification document.
If this trash is passed by our elected officials, this basically says that we will no longer be able to purchase foreign-made “equipment” (I can’t type the “g” word here). That will not sit well with the majority of hobbyists, hunters and owners.
Thanks for the heads up, xzins.