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Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty "In the Very Near Future"
NRA-ILA ^
| 05/17/2013
| staff reporter
Posted on 05/17/2013 7:19:12 PM PDT by Daffynition
As we reported last month, on April 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted 153-4 to pass the Arms Trade Treaty, with the United States voting in favor and several countries abstaining. The vote in the General Assembly pushed the treaty process forward after negotiations twice failed to deliver on the goal of developing the treaty by consensus. The Obama Administration is expected to sign the treaty soon after it is opened for signature on June 3.
According to a May 16 Amnesty International article, a senior US diplomat--Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman--has confirmed the U.S. government will be quick to sign the new treaty. According to the article, Countryman said on Wednesday that the United States would sign the ATT "in the very near future."
If the deeply problematic treaty is signed, the fight will move to the U.S. Senate, where the Obama administration would need to find 67 senators to ratify the treaty.
Of course, anti-gun Amnesty International approves of the treaty and is advocating its signing and ratification. In addition, Amnesty International has gone so far as to claim that the treaty will not affect "domestic gun control regulations."
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To: Daffynition
41
posted on
05/17/2013 8:53:03 PM PDT
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: Stormdog; upchuck; RaceBannon; Psalm 73; lowbridge
The site a few memorable FReeps.
42
posted on
05/17/2013 8:54:02 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: Daffynition
To be used against Israel??
43
posted on
05/17/2013 9:12:43 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
To: Daffynition
44
posted on
05/17/2013 9:41:22 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
Stand Your Ground FRiend.
45
posted on
05/17/2013 9:45:27 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: Daffynition
Stand Your Ground FRiend. I will, along with my fellow Texans. Texas will never be disarmed.
46
posted on
05/17/2013 9:51:05 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Daffynition
47
posted on
05/17/2013 9:54:06 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Drip drip drip)
To: Daffynition
76 votes. Not really, the Constitution states only Two Thirds of those Present.
48
posted on
05/17/2013 11:50:13 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
To: Daffynition
The antiConstitutional undocumented Tyrant
does not even have a valid BC.
49
posted on
05/18/2013 4:07:00 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
To: Daffynition
Many of us have been on to this for a long time and this treaty is toxic with enough dims to keep it from ever getting out of committee. China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have stated that they will NEVER sign it. This is just communist bravado... like they used when they tried gun control etc.
LLS
50
posted on
05/18/2013 5:37:30 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: Daffynition
Pootie said he would never support it so they will not sign and anyone thinking that china will sign anything that would stop their agenda is insane.
LLS
51
posted on
05/18/2013 5:39:02 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: Daffynition
A UN treaty is unenforceable and not worth the hard drive on which it resides.
52
posted on
05/18/2013 5:48:55 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
To: Viennacon; elpadre; Daffynition; upchuck; immadashell; LibLieSlayer
Do none of you remember how Zer0Care was supposed to be DOA?
With another Cornhusker Kickback, a Louisianna Purchase and a few other well placed bribes, this administration and Congress could pass a bill allowing slavery of caucasians except for politicians and their families....for now.
53
posted on
05/18/2013 5:54:04 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
To: Roccus
Ted Cruz was not in the House (he wasn’t even elected to the Senate yet) and the dims owned everything... not the same today.
LLS
54
posted on
05/18/2013 6:01:54 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: LibLieSlayer
You're gonna trust POLITICIANS?!?!?!?
Roccus walks away, shaking head
55
posted on
05/18/2013 6:11:54 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
To: doc1019
They couldn’t find sixty seven senators to agree that the sky is blue.
56
posted on
05/18/2013 7:12:25 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
To: Daffynition
Barry can sign it til the cows come home but the senate is not going to ratify it. Clinton signed a bunch of carpola that never got ratified.
Sign away you muzzie lovin commie. You will be in Leavenworth prison with your new cellmate Bubba soon.
57
posted on
05/18/2013 10:26:56 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Viennacon
Harry Reid likely won’t even bring it to the floor. I believe NOT voting on is tacit approval.
58
posted on
05/18/2013 4:37:34 PM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: BenLurkin
EVERYTHING Barry Hussein does is ON BEHALF of what he thinks his “favorite” parts of the world want, what’s good for THEM, not what’s good for America. Once you understand that, you understand the core corruption and essential identity of this otherworldly figure we are obliged to call “President”.
To: Roccus
I trust Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and a few others. Yes I do. What do you recommend... all out revolution starting now? Get real and engage your reasoning. We have a few weapons firing in DC... I want to support their resupply and help them defeat the evil in DC. I also will not hunker down and just doomsday it... not when I love the America of my youth as much as I do. America is worth more than my life.
You aren't the only one shaking his head.
LLS
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posted on
05/19/2013 7:04:46 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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