“All countries of the world are coming together in New York to negotiate what is seen as the most important initiative ever regarding conventional arms regulation within the United Nations,” according to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). They’re working on a new treaty throughout the month that will provide a framework for regulating, controlling, registering, and tracking all conventional small firearms in the world. If signed by our president, it could be the most direct and overt effort to annul the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; for treaties take supremacy over the Constitution, per Article VI.
In 2006, the UN passed a resolution, “Towards an Arms Trade Treaty,” with a stated objective of establishing “common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.” The rationale was that terrorism and gang violence could be thwarted by establishing international standards regulating small-arms proliferation.
The Bush administration did not support the 2006 resolution, maintaining that each nation is best in a position to monitor and regulate arms sales rather than a one-size-fits-all approach assumed by the UN. But in 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton indicated that the U.S. was no longer opposed to such an arms treaty, and in 2010, President Obama reversed the Bush administration objection to the earlier version.
Timing of this incarnation of a small arms treaty has been accelerated by the UN in hopes it can be signed by our current president and ratified by the Senate before the November election, which could significantly alter the outlook for U.S. participation.
The UNODA has published a document titled “Disarmament: A Basic Guide”, which lays out for the public the concerns regarding small arms. On page 68, we read: “Counting such weapons is difficult, as the majority are owned by civilians. The trade in small arms is not well regulated and is the least transparent of all weapons systems. Due to the lack of regulation and controls, in many countries it is too easy for small arms to slip from the legal into the illicit market—through theft, leakage, corruption or pilferage.” On the next page, we read: “Ammunition should be a key part of any discussion on small arms control.”
The UN clearly intends to address legal gun ownership within member states along with the trade of small arms. One of their many research and statement pieces on the UNODA website states unequivocally that arms have been “…misused by lawful owners and recommends that arms trade therefore be regulated in ways that would … minimize the misuse of legally owned weapons.”
Former UN ambassador John Bolton has affirmed this intent and indicates that the UN “is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there is no doubt that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control.”
While it’s uncertain what exact terms and provisions will be included in the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the archive of documents on the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs website provide ample indications. From their own documents, it’s clear that they want to accomplish the following, as published by Forbes Online last week:
1. Enact tougher licensing requirements, creating additional bureaucratic red tape for legal firearms ownership. 2. Confiscate and destroy all “unauthorized” civilian firearms. 3. Ban the trade, sale and private ownership of all semi-automatic weapons. 4. Create an international gun registry, clearly setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation. 5. Control distribution and availability of ammunition for small arms.
The outcome, if adopted by the UN General Assembly and ratified by the U.S., would result in “overriding our national sovereignty, and in the process, provide license for the federal government to assert preemptive powers over state regulatory powers guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment in addition to our Second Amendment rights,” according to Forbes.
Not only has the White House indicated support for the ATT; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to push it through the Senate for ratification. Until now, the administration’s attempts to diminish 2nd Amendment rights to bear arms have been under the radar, except when botched, as in the Fast and Furious gun walking incident which can only be logically explained away as an effort to create a crisis that they would capitalize on to this end.
We’ve seen all too many times how the Obama administration bypasses Congress and implements its agenda through executive orders. Don’t be surprised if the White House attempts to circumvent the Senate’s ratification of the treaty altogether and declares the ATT “in effect” by Executive Order. After all, constitutional limitations on government, and our constitutional rights, are only valid if honored and upheld, something this administration fails at when it conflicts with their agenda.
AP award winning columnist Richard Larsen is President of Larsen Financial, a brokerage and financial planning firm in Pocatello, and is a graduate of Idaho State University with a BA in Political Science and History and former member of the Idaho State Journal Editorial Board. He can be reached at rlarsenen@cableone.net.
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Has anyone tried contacting the UN President? Maybe if every NRA Member flood the UN with emails, express their displeasure, & do the same with Clinton, & The President, besides their Rep’s, maybe they will realize that they would never have that chance to take our Weapons away, if they try, then we will fight if it came down to it.
Everyone in this great country should have the right to own a firearm. They should have a right to defend their children, their property, and their lives. It is amazing to me that so many people do not see through this bizarre push to try to socialize or communize America….which begins with taking away your rights, your property etc…….. in some instances to redistribute the wealth. It is not right! Everyone needs to stand up and fight this with everything you have. I live in Chicago I see and have to listen to their messed up ideology….they want the right to take from not just the rich ….but average hard working citizens and the poor if you do not agree with them. If you have a firearm and a way to defend your rights it will make it far more difficult for them. I KNOW… they illegally took my truck……… they think they are in the right!!! They are not!! I am not rich I am poor, but I will not be reeducated to their thinking….so to teach me a lesson they took my property. This needs to stop…. maybe enough people can get the UN to make a treaty protecting us from the likes of Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama who think we owe them and their drug loving friends something!!!!
WE need to tell Congress to defend and stand up for our consitution or we will replace them by the peole banding together having a convention… Lets take back our Narion… READ ..Save Congress From Itself: The Framers’ Secret Resolution.
http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/wallstreet-research/pdf/SAVEAMERICAweb.pdf
Dear Mr. T :
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). I appreciate hearing your view on this important matter and having the opportunity to respond.
As you may know, the United Nations voted in favor of working towards an Arms Trade Treaty on October 30, 2009. From July 2 nd until July 27 th of 2012, the U.N. Member States will work on drafting text for the Treaty at the ATT Conference in New York. Should the United States sign the Treaty, it would then need the approval of two-thirds (66 members) of the U.S. Senate to be ratified.
The intent of the ATT is to raise international standards on arms transfers so that no country will allow individuals operating under its jurisdiction to sell arms intended to perpetuate terrorism and fuel atrocities. The ATT would not affect domestic possession or domestic transfer of conventional weapons nor would it act as a legal way around the 2 nd Amendment, as it would only deal with the international export, import, and transfer of conventional weapons. To that end, the framework for the Treaty specifically excludes any restrictions on domestic gun sales or ownership by explicitly recognizing, “the right of States to regulate internal transfers of arms and national ownership, including through national constitutional protections on private ownership, exclusively within their territory.”
As your United States Senator, I defend the rights of citizens to use firearms responsibly for recreational purposes or to protect one’s home and family. At the same time, I support efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those who seek to disrupt the rule of law. The largely unregulated and often irresponsible trade in conventional weapons is causing a dangerous increase in the trafficking and distribution of weapons to rogue states, terrorist groups, and factions seeking to unsettle regions. In defense of our national security, the United States must continue to support effective action to control the international transfer of arms. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, please be assured that I will continue to monitor the progress of this treaty, and keep your views in mind should the Arms Trade Treaty come before the Senate for consideration.
On this, as with any other issue, there are many different views. Rest assured that I will keep your views in mind. I invite you to visit my website ( http://menendez.senate.gov ) to learn more about how I am standing up for New Jersey families in the United States Senate.
What a deep pile of it! I hope the voters of New Jersey vote this idiot out of office immediately. Criminals can always get anything they want because–they are criminals. Criminals ignore laws. Gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. No matter what they say now, governments will use the UN Treaty to limit gun ownership in America against our constitutional, 2nd Amendment rights.
Throughout millenia, people have ALWAYS known they had the right to defend themselves. The Bill of Rights gave American citizens the right to bear arms for one reason only–to defend themselves from a power-hungry and over-reaching government.
The ONLY reason the United States still exists as a country of self-government, such as it is today, is because we have the right to bear arms. As long as that exists, no one can truly take over our country unless we let them. As long as we are able to resist them, WE WIN.
This guy needs a attitude adjustment. If this guy really believes his crap he is dangerous. Everone has missed the point. Guns don`t kill people. Ammunition does. Control all the ammunition and a gun is a rock. Everyone needs at least 100 rounds for every gun they own in all calibers. Five guns at least 500 rounds. .
What is the true intent of the UN Small Arms Treaty?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/what-is-the-true-intent-of-the-un-small-arms-treaty/
“Food For Thought”
Semper Fi!
Not a good idea in my opinion the American people will not tolerate such an atrocity. That a fact JACK