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Joined: Dec 1999
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Stop U.S. Funding for Negotiating the UN Arms
Trade Treaty
For years Americans have been
hearing about the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and its probable
infringement of our Second Amendment rights. With all the
preliminary conferences and pre-meetings out of the way, the UN Arms Trade
Treaty Conference will be held July 2-27 mostly in closed sessions in New
York City.
According to a Heritage.org research paper on the subject, the
United States must stand its ground on the UN's ATT and "should make clear
... that it will not accept the inclusion of hunting and sporting weapons
or ammunition in the ATT. Nor will it accept treaty language that impinges
on rights protected by the Second Amendment, requires any new internal
controls, legitimates arms trafficking by dictators or terrorists,
inhibits its ability to support friends and allies, or creates any
additional burdens for U.S. manufacturers, importers, or
exporters."
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) is trying to limit Second
Amendment infringements from any new UN Arms Trade Treaty that would
include civilian arms and ammunition by introducing the Second Amendment
Sovereignty Act, S. 2205. Sen. Moran and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the only
cosponsor so far, believe that our Second Amendment rights are not
negotiable. “America leads the world in export standards to ensure arms
are transferred for legitimate purposes, and this bill will make certain
that law-abiding Americans are not wrongfully penalized,” Moran stated.
The pertinent portion of S. 2205 reads:
No funds may
be obligated or expended to use the voice, vote, and influence of the
United States, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms
Trade Treaty, to restrict in any way the rights of United States citizens
under the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or to
otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use,
transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items, including
small arms, light weapons, or related materials.
Currently S.
2205 has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Each
and every member of the committee should be pressured into releasing this
bill for a proper vote. Here’s a list of committee members:
John
Kerry Chairman
Richard G. Lugar Ranking
Member
Barbara Boxer
Robert Menendez
Benjamin
L. Cardin
Robert P. Casey
Jr
Jim Webb
Jeanne Shaheen
Christopher Coons
Richard
J. Durbin
Tom Udall
Bob Corker
James
E. Risch
Marco Rubio
James
M. Inhofe
Jim DeMint
Johnny Isakson
John Barrasso
Mike Lee
Of
course it is best that no deal on the UN's ATT is ever reached. This
would be the surest way to protect our Second Amendment rights under the
Constitution.
In the meantime, contact your Senators and
Representative and tell them this treaty is neither wanted
nor supported by Americans, and that S. 2205 must be passed as a safety
measure. Remind them to protect what is rightfully ours, the freedom to
keep and bear arms.
Thanks.
Your friends at The John Birch
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