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U.N. to Take Up NRA-Opposed Global Arms Treaty Negotiations Again

Dec. 26, 2012 10:16am Liz Klimas

The United Nations voted Christmas Eve to reconsider a global arms trade treaty, which the United States failed to ratify in July but was supported by U.S. officials shortly after President Barack Obama’s reelection.

According to the Associated Press, the resolution to renegotiate the treaty in March was approved by a vote of 133-0 with 17 abstentions.

U.N. Votes to Renegotiate the Global Arms trade Treaty in March

A Nigerian U.N. soldier stands guard next to a cache of weapons at the house of a former dictator in Paynesville near the Liberian capital Monrovia, Oct. 16, 2003. Britain, Japan, Australia and others are pushing for a treaty regulating the arms trade worldwide, in a campaign that pit them against the National Rifle Association. (Photo: AP/Ben Curtis)

Although some might think support for the treaty improved in light of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murder in Newtown, Conn., proponents of the treaty have argued in the past that it would not impact domestic gun regulation.

The draft treaty does not control the domestic use of weapons in any country, but it would require all countries to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms and to regulate arms brokers. It would prohibit states that ratify the treaty from transferring conventional weapons if they would violate arms embargoes or if they would promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.

In considering whether to authorize the export of arms, the draft says a country must evaluate whether the weapon would be used to violate international human rights or humanitarian laws or be used by terrorists, organized crime or for corrupt practices.

Opponents of the treaty have argued that the wording was too vague and could open up the door to domestic regulation and infringement on Second Amendment rights in America.

The National Rifle Association and other gun lobbying groups fought against the treaty in July. Press TV reported NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre saying before the summer conference that it would not “stand idly by while international organizations, whether state-based or stateless, attempt to undermine the fundamental liberties… on which our entire American system of government is based.”

“Any treaty that includes civilian firearms ownership in its scope will be met with the NRA’s greatest force of opposition,” LaPierre continued, according to Press TV.

After the Obama Administration endorsed the treaty in November, the NRA wrote about some of the worrying provisions in the ATT on its website:

Among the draft’s most onerous requirements are those intending to burden and keep records on “end users,” or gun owners. The draft states that “Each State Party shall maintain national records… Such records may contain… end users” and that “Records shall be kept for a minimum of ten years.” If this obligation were to be enacted and followed, it could result in registration for any American that purchases an imported firearms.

Despite the insistence of a U.S. State Department official this summer that ammunition controls are not feasible and would have “significant administrative and financial costs,” ammunition remains within the scope of the working draft. The draft states, “Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system to regulate the export of ammunition for conventional arms.” In the explanation of its vote in favor of the resolution, Mexico made clear that it will continue to pursue its goal of including ammunition within the scope of the treaty.

LaPierre said in July the NRA’s position “will remain the same on any treaty that could adversely affect the rights of American gun owners.”

The negotiations will be held March 18-28 in New York.

(H/T: Think Progress)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (186)

nosharia
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:25am
This is one nation under God…..not the U.N. We have to fight the U.N. from having any input whatsoever on the laws of this country.

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- Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:32am
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/new-impeachment-threat-with-democrat-involved/
  
  Impeachment Now!
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:41am
  Seems to me allowing the U.N. to promote their governing power within out borders is UNCONSTITUTION IT’S LIKE HAVING ANOTHER COUNTRY’S KING TRYING TO RULE CON STITUTIONALLY PROITECTED AMERICAN.
  Time to remove the U.S. from the U.N
  And remove the U.N. from the U.S.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:54am
  When the hell did we stop becoming a sovereign nation? Clinton, Bush pushed it and 0bama put it on steroids. We need a party that will give the UN the boot, and stop funding third world dictators.
  
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- MotoLeo2
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:03pm
  And throw them out of NY
  
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:07pm
  Out of my cold, dead hands. I have a CCW and I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY GUNS. I will bury them first, along with the tons of bullets I have for them. So, try to get them govt guy. You may get 1, but that is all.
  
  AMERICANS NEED TO STAND WITH THE NRA, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GUN, because once the guns are gone, so will go, every other freedom you have.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:09pm
  Most of the UN is made up of muslim nations or appears to be. Let the UN disarm those nations first, then come talk to the US. HA HA!
  
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:10pm
  @naughtycal:
  don’t forget, our Senate is a liberal majority, which means, they do not believe in our Constitution, which means that no matter what the majority of Americans feel or want, the Senate will do whatever Obama, our evil dictator, who lies thru his teeth, wants.
  
  If you don’t believe that, then YOU ARE DELUSIONAL AND NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON EVERY LIBERAL SENATOR AND THEN YOUR BELOVED EVIL PRESIDENT.
  
  AMERICANS SEEMS TO BE DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS THESE DAYS, ALLOWING THESE EVIL PEOPLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
  
  Rise up Americans.
  Call your politicians and scream that YOU DO NOT WANT THE U.N. TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR SOVEREIGNTY IN ANY WAY! If you do not, YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!
  
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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:25pm
  Troll rich environment today! Happy troll hunting everyone.
  
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- Scottsman
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:43pm
  I just joined the NRA after reading this article. I intended to a few years ago, but now the NRA needs all the support they can get.
  
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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:59pm
  UN troops on our soil to take guns? yeah buddy. that would be an invasion by a foreign body. aint going to happen. our military will not stand by and let it happen. just an obama wet dream.
  
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- Questionman
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:07pm
  @ racist child of the king!
  The burden is on you to demonstrate high crimes and misdemeanors on the part of the president. To my knowledge, he hasn’t committed any crime.
  The US started as a nation of traitors to the British crown, I wouldn’t throw moral stones.
  
  You are aware, aren’t you, that the President can suggest legislation, can appoint members of the judiciary (who then need approval of the legislative branch). In fact, the heads of the executive branch departments, after being nominated by the President, also must get legislative approval before they get appointed.
  
  In other words, the President is NOT a dictator and on his own, has very little power.
  
  Is Barack Obama a traitor to America?
  Is Barack Obama mentally ill?
  Can Barack Obama be impeached?
  Is Barack Obama an Urusper and what does that mean?
  Is Barack Obama an evil man?
  Is Barack Obama a criminal?
  
  no as far as I know his actions thus far are legal
  
  The answer to all of them is NO. The reason: there is no valid evidence for anything you’ve said. Obviously, you think all of these things are true. Please provide reasons why you believe that.
  
  You could die hating him but he’ll never go to jail because of your hate.
  what a bunch of vile, repetitive right-wing, sore loser racists you are!
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:23pm
  One thing for certain, obama is no american.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:04pm
  Note: Evil can and has worked within the legal boundaries which were set by evil men before. Hitler was legally elected to office! Our dear leader is a consumate professional when it comes to political science and the art thereof. I’ve never said he is stupid. If people think that, they simply do not understand who he is.
  
  I predicted his election as early as 07. Relection…yep, as early as 09. Right/Right!
  
  Mark these words down! You may believe what you want and that his intentions/agenda for America to be righteous and wholesome, but at the end of the day…in the future you will see what he has wrought upon this nation and it will not be good, you along with others who do not understand nor can grasp who he is will continue to blame others for why things went they way they did and you will be suffering the same as those you hated.
  
  We no longer live in a time of people like Hitler….his tricks no longer work on us. The master is at work right now and you’d better get your mind around that fact. Do not be deceived!
  
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qpwillie
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:25am
@G.E.R
Take your anti-American slobbering back over to the Huffington Post where it belongs, commie!!!!!!!!

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MoseyAlong
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:20am
Why resort or promote murder and violence because you disagree with a persons views? Your purely provocative post does not sound like rational and intellectual discourse.

Besides, that is a very transparent and feeble attempt at trolling.

Last but not least, you sound like an @ss.

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lynnissmart
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:17am
The admin. will try to use the U.N. to get it’s way. The pos knows that we don’t want our second amendment rights bullied….so go through the U.N. if you can’t get it done in the U.S…cowardly and disgusting~

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- barber2
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:41am
  agree. The entire Chicago radical crowd follows the international Left ‘s agenda. They foster the interests of the international set over the rights and the interests of American citizens. A very bad situation for this country.
  
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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:27pm
  @LynnisSmart
  
  You are smart.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:17am
This means nothing, folks… the US ignores UN resolutions whenever we choose, just like the other nations. Sadly, the UN rendered itself an expensive farce in its distribution of membership seats on various councils, its refusal to act promptly and effectively on member nations behaving badly, the representative dignataries who ahve carved out personal fortunes at the expense of their own and other nations, and the insistence on chasing pseudoscientific hypotheses as if they were unassailable fact.

While a great idea in principle– like socialism in its theory– human nature and real life practice have rendered the UN nothing more than a pricey albatross around the neck of the developed free nations.

And if this administration thinks they can disarm its citizens by bringing in the blue helmets, it would be a pointed and quickly proven mistake… honest Americans will hesitate before taking up arms against neighbors and those they know are ‘just doing their jobs.’ They will unite and repel a foreign invader or aggressor, even if they come facestiously asking ‘plese give us your firearms.’

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jackact
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:14am
The U.N.?…”
What law abiding American citizen pays any credence whatsoever to this vipers nest of cowardly Jihad loving anti-Semites?
Pleeeez…..

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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:11pm
  By NOT contacting your politician about this, YOU ARE!!!
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:08am
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same

There is NO RELEASE from that oath and if it becomes necessary to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign (UN) and domestic (Communists, Progressives, or whomever) I would hope I could count on my brothers to pick up their arms and stand against the forces of tyranny.

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- All Pro
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:55pm
  Check out the picture in my avatar.
  Semper Fi
  Do or die.
  
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B-Neil
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:03am
Please send in Foriegn UN troops to take my weapons. Pleaase! Face the facts, Americans are a differant type Animal. We don’t need an excuse to bite as-holes.

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- motherboard
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:53am
  Sadly, our present US government sees itself as an enforcer wing for the UN.
  
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jessieH
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:00am
The United States out of the U.N., the U.N. out of the United States. Problem solved.

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Bobby D
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:57am
Why have you not posted my last post, Hmmmm?

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- qpwillie
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:06am
  @Bobby D
  Generally the posts here take awhile to show up.
  
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- vaman
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:10am
  Because it was a ridiculously childish thing to say. Another tough guy eluding to some mysterious form of violent civil action against the government inspired by your own conspiracy theorist mentality.
  
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- DougHuffman
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:25am
  Veterans Administrator, “tough guy eluding…” Eludes any sense or sensibility. Or is it the Ludic Fallacy.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:03pm
  VAMAN! Conspiracy? Definitely! Theory, Hardly! Instead of worrying about people’s “conspiracy theory mentality”, perhaps you should see someone for the bad case of “naivete” that you seem to be suffering from! Sometimes merely paying attention will keep you from such proclivity……
  
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- gonnaneedabiggerboat
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:04pm
  VAMAN, perhaps you need to learn the difference between an allusion, an illusion and eluding…then your silly comment may be taken slightly more seriously. We’ll give you some time to look that up. In the meantime, let the grownups talk, huh?
  
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Bobby D
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:55am
Folks round here are say’n The Prez better think long and had about the whirlwind HE is about to unleash, by even attempting to take lawfully own property from us.

I am praying for peace.

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straitshot
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:51am
This is where it officially begins on a large scale. The idea is to bankrupt the NRA and render it ineffective. As long as we support the NRA, it will have a meaningful impact supporting the Second Ammendment. The UN has no place here. Whatever they touch is usually left worse off than before.

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:47pm
  The UN could have made a difference in Rwanda but stood by and or evacuated! Isn’t this their mission?
  
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Daddy Hawg
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:50am
How will :the one” support our enemies abroad if he can’t traffic guns into Mexico, Egypt or Syria? This will put a damper on his world plans of a one world government if he can’t support dictators or the MBH any longer….

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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:49am
The UN serves no useful purpose,their agenda is decidedly anti-American and the sooner it’s charter is dissolved the better,for the US and the whole world.

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- Zipit
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:35am
  SLAYER! Since the collective brain of those in and around NYC seems to be in total failure mode, may I suggest kicking the UN out, and using their buildings to house homeless Sandy victims! Then, give the NRA some office space on the ground floor of each building to insure their safety and well being!!!!! WIN, WIN, WIN!
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:10pm
  Soumds like a great idea,I’d like to see that happen ASAP.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:45am
Either Obama or the UN will disarm the nation. Twin evils of the same coin.

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- seek.the.truth
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:02am
  They will definitely try. How hard can we gun owners make it for them to succeed? How many can we count on –really count on — to stand firm?
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:31am
  The Constitution gives the President the power to commit the United States to treaties – but only with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the US Senate, and only if the agreement does not contravene the Constitution.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:56am
  Just read a comment in the NYT where a writer pleads with d the president to invoke an executive order to accomplish this. The lefties have their Media Matters parrots writing busily there just like they do here at the Blaze. Busy little media beavers….
  
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BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:45am
Our founders were fearful of government. They developed a constitution out of this fear. The 2nd Amendment was not written for the purpose of hunting or defending yourself from thieves. It was written so that the people would always have recourse against government. They realized as power became more centralized that the natural course of events tend to gravitate towards oppression and loss of freedom for people. So……what kind of fool does not fear the government. Apparently the fools in Camden, N.J. Who is calling for gun control laws? THE GOVERNMENT! Who are the people of Camden giving their arms to? THE GOVERNMENT Who is pushing for gun control globally? THE UNITED NATIONS (EXTREMELY BIG GOVERNMENT). How are you going to defend yourself from this government after they have taken all your arms away. YES….even the AR15′s with 30 round clips. Try fending off the military with a pellet gun when they tell you to pay the grass tax or tree tax or face the consequences of loosing your house or jail time.

Let me say it more clearly this time. THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IS TO KEEP BIG GOVERNMENT FROM IMPOSING IT’S WILL ON YOU. NOT TO BE ABLE TO HUNT OR TO DEFEND YOURSELF FROM OTHER CITIZENS. THAT IS ONLY AN ADVANTAGE OF ORIGIONAL INTENT.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:57am
  You’re correct and I’ll only add that every ‘gun law’ passed since the second amendment is unconstitutional. I know I’m a broken record with this comment but it’s vital to make people aware of that fact. Too many people are willing to give up their rights to government,it’s pretty scary when you think about it because people aren’t having their firearms confiscated,yet. They’re willingly giving them up and our founders would be rolling in their graves at the thought of it.
  
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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:07am
  @BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
  Bingo! That’s what it is all about and that’s why the progressives and the communist in the WH want our guns.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:52pm
  Can you say Agenda 21!
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:15pm
  Agreed. Also, the right to bear arms also is probably one main reason why we haven’t been invaded by another larger country (ie: China). After all, what country would want to fight against a large military AND an armed civilian population? Notice that China wants us to ban our guns! We all know that China is just a peaceful country that has no history of ever invading another country! Ha!
  
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Blazen420
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:45am
I don’t observe the UN…. Liberty or Death mother f’ers!!!!!

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Popp40
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:40am
Anything the U.N. does always turns out to have the opposite effect that it says it will have. Plus, take a look at the countries who are pushing for this the most. They are either dictators or countries who oppress their people and act like they are the ones above it all.

I’m going to say it but I’m sure that a lot of people will disagree with me and say I’m wrong but I believe WW3 has already started. It hasn’t started in the conventional way but the strategic movements (one would be the “Arms Treaty”) are setting the battlefield so the U.N. can just move in.

Remember, there were a lot of people who said the left/liberals/progressives would start pushing and things would start to happen at a very fast pace….well here we go. Don’t blink because you may miss something.

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:55pm
  Its moving so fast, there is no time for anyone to raise a ruckus about it let alone have a debate and decide the best course of action.
  
  Lets be honest here, the UN/NWO/Power elite/USA governmental criminals are all in league in this matter not to mention their voice through the MSM which is so stupid because many of them have no idea what they have done.
  
  The attack on the SA is like never we’ve seen so far. We’ve got crazy evil people running arounf with guns and this makes it a no brainer for them and their coolaid drinkers who think no further than their “Gottadosomethingitis” mental condition.
  
  Now Hollywood is in lockstep gottadosumthinitis…..its for the children dontcha know? The White Male profiling has been rolled out. What next? Who will be the next target of the Gottadosumthinitis people?
  
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Jenny Lind
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:39am
Anyone that is republican who suports this, needs to go,with our help. An armed citizenry is semi safe from the government, an unarmed one becomes slaves-and there is a lot of that in the world.

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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:36pm
  Everywhere except the USA!
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:33am
Another useless push all over again. Who do they actually expect to disarm other than the lawful citizens around the world?

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- Popp40
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:45am
  That’s the plan….have you noticed how liberals/progressives always treat the criminal with more rights and care than the law abiding citizens.
  
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:33am
Just what we need a useless corrupt third world organization telling us what to do. We already have that level of incompetence in the WH.

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jcldwl
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:28am
I say ban the UN. Need I say more?

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NHwinter
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:28am
The UN has no authority over any US citizen. Its time to pack up the UN and get them out of America.
Its also time to get rid of UN Agenda 21. It is unconstitutional.

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- IndyGuy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:38am
  With Obama in office the U.N. sees America as vulnerable and also sees an ally in the White House……I couldn’t be more in agreement more with getting the U.N. the hell out of America and putting an end to the AGENDA 21 B.S……Any local Government that is going along with AGENDA 21 needs to be overthrown immediately…
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:43am
  Problem is that if the we sign on and pass the treaty, then it overrides our Constitution. And I believe the only way to get rid of the treaty would be to send it to the states and have 3/4 of them vote against it.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:24am
  P.S…Remember that Obama told an anti-gun protester that he was working under the radar(Fast and Furious?)…We must watch anything Obama does very closely…
  
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:27am
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/nras_lapierre_getting_the_alinsky_treatment.html#ixzz2GAV8sHAy
Just as the left used the ridicule tactic against Sarah Palin, they are trying it on NRA head.

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- barber2
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:02pm
  The old Alinsky : Freeze. Isolate. Ridicule. Destroy. We have been seeing these Character Assassinations ever since the Chicago radicals took over the Democrat Party. Nasty bunch with Far Left morals – I. E. , no morals ..only winning / pushing the agenda. The Government is God ; the individual is expendable .
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:25am
Let me guess… the sponsors of this treaty are Iran and North Korea.

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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:39am
  @Term
  Let’s not forget the other member of the axis of evil Puddy Putin.
  
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