Real News: UN Arms Treaty Talks Heat Up

Mar. 18, 2013 9:16pm Christopher Santarelli

In the heat of the presidential election this past summer, talks collapsed with the U.N. and gun control activists on a global arms treaty that supporters say will help international security, fight illicit arms trafficking, keeps guns out of the hands of terrorists, and protect sovereign states’ ability to conduct legitimate arms trade. Opponents say the policy would infringe on the constitutional rights of American citizens to bear arms. After the reelection of Barack Obama and shortly following the horrific Newton, Connecticut shooting, talks on the treaty began again, as the United Nations voted on Christmas Eve to reconsider the measure.

Reconsideration picked up again in New York Monday, only this time, the National Rifle Association has come out in opposition. The NRA and other gun organizations are requesting that “civilian weapons” not be included in the scope of the treaty, and worry that the ATT could create an international registry. Ted Bromund of the Heritage Foundation writes on TheBlaze contributors page that ATT is a bad idea, but because “it’s a gun grab.”

But it’s not a bad idea because it’s a gun grab. It’s a bad idea because it will restrain the democracies, not the dictatorships. It’s a bad idea because it cannot work.

Above all, it’s a bad idea because, when it fails, its supporters are going to do what comes naturally to them: blame the United States and demand a new treaty that imposes even tighter, supranational controls.

The ATT, in other words, is not an event: it’s a process. That is one reason why calling it a gun grab is wrong and unhelpful. The U.N. is an incompetent organization, and many ATT supporters are remarkably naïve in their belief that a treaty will stop human rights abuses around the world.

On ‘Real News’ Monday the panel discussed the global gun control fight taking shape with NRA President David Keene.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

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DooDooEcon
Posted on March 30, 2013 at 2:36am
Here are a couple interesting articles: XM25 Airburst Crowd Control Riffle http://blog.doodooecon.com/2013/03/introducing-airburst-crowd-control.html

Gun Laws Increase Violent Crime: The FBI and CDC data http://blog.doodooecon.com/2013/03/cdc-fbi-data-gun-laws-gun-violence.html

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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:12am
Beck was spot-on last night when he linked the big push for weapons / population control with the banking / tax troubles in Cyprus. Could an event like this “haircut” in a seemingly insignificant spot on the globe trigger problems that will engulf the whole world?

Beck’s idea to have a couple of weeks of cash on hand is a good one.

“Remember Benghazi and All the Traitors!”

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:15am
Obama is a traitor to the US and her constitution. He is a tyrant. He is a NWO president. He is not a citizen nor legal to be president. He is a marxist and a communist. He needs to be in jail. We must not obey him ever.

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:10am
  Barracky was perfect demonic clay. From the start evil has had a hand on his life, from the occult sex that spawned a fatherless hollow man. Never had a chance, now Satan’s best tool. The Wedge- its him! The Wedge is the oldest tool and now it is Barrack’s just like his father the Devil
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:08am
A new world order based on making humans defenseless animals to be hunted and stalked by others, whether it is from denial of firearms, or denial of privacy in your medical records, the results are clear, high powered bio weapons to heal, should be in the hands of not a new world order, but local communities, because that is a basic human right to protect yourself from inter-national stalkers? Owning a firearm is a human right, and when that right is denied, astronomical wars are the only outcome to prevent chaos and preventable deaths from tyrannical governments?

Does the UN walk through your prisons too? Have you? Americans will not negotiate with domestic or foreign enemies of the principals representated by the US Constitution, who apply threats or acts of real terrorism, in order to set in motion political events that some believe could be un-stoppable?

Tax payers already fund police departments, they draw the line when you also ask for their guns?

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