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| U.N. passes sweeping international arms regulation viewed by some as Second Amendment override |
| 2013-04-02 |
| The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping, first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade, brushing aside worries from U.S. gun rights advocates that the pact could lead to a national firearms registry and disrupt the American gun market. The long-debated U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) requires countries to regulate and control the export of weaponry such as battle tanks, combat vehicles and aircraft and attack helicopters, as well as parts and ammunition for such weapons. It also provides that signatories will not violate arms embargoes, international treaties regarding illicit trafficking, or sell weaponry to a countries for genocide, crimes against humanity or other war crimes. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 No foreign treaty can override the Constitution. No Senator would ratify such a treaty if they hoped for reelection anyway (Kyoto went down 99 votes against). Bunch of nonsense, but then it is the UN. The UN should put out a law that sats if you sell or transport weapons to a foreign government or rebel army you lose your seat in the general assembly. If they were serious. Otherwise it won't be enforced and will just be a joke immediately. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-04-02 14:43 |
| #1 Does this mean the US gov could no longer run guns to the Mexi-narcos? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-04-02 13:24 |