Posted on 09/24/2013 9:11:20 AM PDT by xzins
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will sign the Arms Trade Treaty regulating the international trade in conventional arms,
The diplomats said Kerry would sign the treaty on Wednesday
On April 2, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the treaty by a vote of 154 for, including the United States...The no votes were cast by Iran, North Korea and Syria,
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Yes, I agree that those were the rules in the Old America. But we are in Transformed America now, and it remains to be seen what the new rules are. And who will enforce them.
The latter is the main point, it does not look like anyone is interested in enforcing the old rules.
The No Votes were: Iran, North Korea and Syria?
So those three dictatorships are in favor of gun liberty?
May we assume this will require Senate ratification, or is that a mere formality not germane to the Era of Unfettered Executive Power?
Will I be required to register my Japanese souvenir (deer hunting) rifle with the UN?
Fk em all. Try to take my weapons and you’ll get them bullets first . What a bunch of A-Holes!
2/3 rds of congress does not need to ratify this. 2/3 of those Senators present need to ratify (see my #8), according to the Constitution.
The Constitution does not mention a quorum at all, just that 2/3 of Senators present.
I read about confiscation in California amongst Veterans with PTSD.
That old fat broad in gray looks like she is getting the big O.
I am sure that can be arranged.
51 RATs run the Senate
1 independent = Rat
6 RINOs = RATs
That's 58
All that's needed is 2 more RINO/RATs. We're about to witness how good those NSA/IRS files are.
What the administration will say is that they’ll act as if under it until the Senate confirms or denies it. Then they won’t push for the Senate to take it up, since the Senate is in democrat hands.
Then, they will act contrary to it when it suits their purposes, such as sending arms to Syrian rebels.
On April 2, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the treaty by a vote of 154 for, including the United States...The no votes were cast by Iran, North Korea and Syria......and the Senate won't ratify it, or so it sez in the earlier topic.
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