A resolution before the U.N. General Assembly is sponsored by seven nations including major arms exporter Britain. It calls for preparatory meetings in 2010 and 2011 for a conference to negotiate a treaty in 2012.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Obama uses Oil spill to ban all US firearms!
While you were watching the
oil spill, the New York failed terrorist bombing and other critical crises, Hillary
Clinton signed the small arms treaty with the UN.
On Wednesday the Obama
administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the
United States . The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a
complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of
international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties
on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to
bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs
these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws
created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and
promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as
George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead
to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms. The Obama administration
is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major
damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has
happened. (remember health care?)
Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend
to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun
control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary
Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun
control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth? What it means is
that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in
Congress. We will wake up one
morning and find that the United States has
signed a treaty that
prohibits firearm and
ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another
morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of
firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that
the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm
they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face
imprisonment. This has happened in other countries, past and present!
THIS IS NOT A JOKE NOR A FALSE WARNING.
As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama
administration through whatever means necessary, so will gun control. Read the
Article U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would
back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks
operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The
decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department,
overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration,
which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were
better.
The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would support the talks as long as the negotiating forum, the so-called Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, "operates under the rules of consensus decision-making."
"Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly," Clinton said in a written statement.
While praising the Obama administration's decision to overturn the Bush-era policy and to proceed with negotiations to regulate conventional arms sales, some groups criticized the U.S. insistence that decisions on the treaty be unanimous.
"The shift in position by the world's biggest arms exporter is a major breakthrough in launching formal negotiations at the United Nations in order to prevent irresponsible arms transfers," Amnesty International and Oxfam International said in a joint statement.
However, they said insisting that decisions on the treaty be made by consensus "could fatally weaken a final deal."
"Governments must resist US demands to give any single state the power to veto the treaty as this could hold the process hostage during the course of negotiations. We call on all governments to reject such a veto clause," said Oxfam International's policy adviser Debbie Hillier.
The proposed legally binding treaty would tighten regulation of, and set international standards for, the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons.
Supporters say it would give worldwide coverage to close gaps in existing regional and national arms export control systems that allow weapons to pass onto the illicit market.
Nations would remain in charge of their arms export control arrangements but would be legally obliged to assess each export against criteria agreed under the treaty. Governments would have to authorize transfers in writing and in advance.
The main opponent of the treaty in the past was the U.S. Bush administration, which said national controls were better. Last year, the United States accounted for more than two-thirds of some $55.2 billion in global arms transfer deals.
Arms exporters China, Russia and Israel abstained last year in a U.N. vote on the issue.
The proposed treaty is opposed by conservative U.S. think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, which said last month that it would not restrict the access of "dictators and terrorists" to arms but would be used to reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend their people.
The U.S. lobbying group the National Rifle Association has also opposed the treaty.
A resolution before the U.N. General Assembly is sponsored by seven nations including major arms exporter Britain. It calls for preparatory meetings in 2010 and 2011 for a conference to negotiate a treaty in 2012.
A resolution before the U.N. General Assembly is sponsored by seven nations including major arms exporter Britain. It calls for preparatory meetings in 2010 and 2011 for a conference to negotiate a treaty in 2012.
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