NRA: UN Arms Treaty Must Exclude Civilian Weapons

[delta22]

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has demanded that the United Nations leave civilian weapons out of a treaty on international arms sales that it is negotiating this month.

Wayne LaPierre, the group’s CEO, warned Wednesday that the treaty won’t pass Congress if it does include restrictions on civilian arms, as this would trump Americans’ right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, The Hill reports.

He said 58 senators have promised to oppose a treaty that covers civilian weapons. A U.N. treaty would need approval from two-thirds of the Senate to become law in the United States.

“I am here to announce NRA's strong opposition to anti-freedom policies that disregard American citizens' right to self-defense. No foreign influence has jurisdiction over the freedoms our Founding Fathers guaranteed to us,” LaPierre said at the U.N Arms Trade Treaty Conference.

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“The only way to address NRA's objections is to simply and completely remove civilian firearms from the scope of the treaty. That is the only solution. On that, there will be no compromise.”

The 58 senators cited by LaPierre signed a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillarious Clinton on the issue. The note, written by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Jon Tester, D-Mont., doesn’t completely reject regulation of civilian arms sales, but indicates it will be difficult for Congress to pass a treaty including civilian arms.

The senators oppose “any inclusion of small arms, light weapons, ammunition or related materials that would make the treaty overly broad and virtually unenforceable,” the letter says. The senators can’t accept a treaty that “in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding U.S. citizens to manufacture, assemble, possess, transfer or purchase firearms, ammunition, and related items.”

Treaty proponents say keeping civilian weapons out of the agreement would make it easier for terrorists and rogue regimes to gain deadly arms. And they say there’s no need to worry about the Second Amendment, as the Constitution trumps international law.

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[respectron]

This is scary as the government is tricky on wording laws and treatys to mean whatever they want as long as on the surface it looks agreeable to pass then when it passes... bam, where screwed just like in ObamaCare. JMO of course.

Thanks for posting this, delta

Edited July 13, 2012 by respectron

[Gooserider67]

NO NO NO!!! The last thing that America needs is the UN butting into our laws and trying to control how our business is done... America already has laws in effect on the sell and distribution of all firearms coming and going into our country. this whole thing is to turn America into a 3rd world country so a world governmental body can take our guns, take our land, make us stand in bread lines and make the US pay for being a country who believes in personal freedom. The UN is a worthless corrupt organization and the US needs to stop giving them money for the piss poor job that they are doing... It is the US military who comes in after the UN and finishes their goof-ups. so the UN needs to stay out of our business and our homes and just simply go away... :angry: :angry:

[DumNDumer]

This is scary as the government is tricky on wording laws and treatys to mean whatever they want as long as on the surface it looks agreeable to pass then when it passes... bam, where screwed just like in ObamaCare. JMO of course.

Thanks for posting this, delta

Keeping them poor, gunless and Godless,

makes control come easily.

Dear God we need you to intervine on our behalf.

Bless America and Protect Her

AMEN

[Loco01]

Keeping them poor, gunless and Godless,

makes control come easily.

Dear God we need you to intervine on our behalf.

Bless America and Protect Her

AMEN

He did but the masses deemed him not electable.

He sent Ron Paul the only one in years that wanted to stand up for the people and the Constitution.

But instead we will elect a person who agrees with the UN and puts out a steady stream of lies.

Same thing happened when Ross Perot was running we wouldn't be in this mess right now if we had elected Ross Perot

Now we are doing the same thing with Ron Paul

This is what happens when you follow what the parties and the press dictate.

We like our leaders to be liar's,cheats and thieves

There is still time to change this election but we won't. That's a guarantee

America is not a nation of independent thinkers we do what ever the parties tell us to do.

We think the press is gospel and the true gospel is trash.

By the time Rommney's first term is over we will be under UN control

Calling on God to intervene is useless unless you are ready to do what he tells you to do.

AND WE ARE NOT. So we reap what we have sowed.

The powers that be know it is harvest time and they are salivating over their anticipated rewards.

We are passing on to our children an enslaved nation what a legacy we leave.

From freedom to slavery we should very proud of ourselves

How many people have been sacrificed fighting for our Constitution and our freedom

Now we freely hand over all their sacrifices and our country without even a protest.

What a total waste.

I wouldn't worry about it to much the press and the government will keep telling us this is the right path.

We need to look at the bright side soon we won't have to worry about our career choice's

the government will choose it for you for the good of society after all the needs of many outweigh

the needs of the one.

Before someone says well why don't you just leave.

I say this is my damn country I am going to stay and fight until we win or die but I am not running

No Surrender,No Retreat and No Compromise.