Senate votes 53-46 to stop US from joining UN Arms Trade Treaty

9/11 was caused in part by our interventionist foreign policy, and the perpetrators of the plan are dead, so what the hell are you talking about?

 

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The Arms Control Treaty has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment unless you believe that the Constitution protects your "right" to sell guns to African warlords and Latin American drug cartels.

 

Yep. Just like how everytime a state passes a speed limit law, it's an incremental step on their overall plan to force everyone to buy Prius and to ban driving.

Seriously, the paranoia of the Rightwing is staggering.

 

Sorry, but I am naturally mistrustful of centralized authority figures and bureaucracies. They have a long history of abuse and corruption. Ignore it at your own peril.

 

I posted the wrong link...sorry

 

I am sure Mexicans being shot with Fast and Furious weapons........

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Or the Muslim Brotherhood.... OOPS. Or Syrian "Rebels" .. OPPS.

 

i couldnt agree more.

Its time for America to put America first.

 

Who actually cares? Does anyone actually listen to the UN when they don't want to? The UN is an impotent and unnecessary organization at this point in time. If it isn't somehow restructured or destroyed it will simply become even less relevant to the world...

While I can't stand the UN; so long as it exists the US should pay only its dues to maintain its veto power...

 

By not voluntarily signing an International agreement that you would follow said International agreement?

Oooooh, how "strong" and "forceful" the US is. They didn't sign something, therefore they aren't bound by the agreement they signed. That sure is "keeping the UN out of" their laws.

 

And guess who the 46 were that voted against the amendment ?
Gosh I wonder which party would the 46 would be from ? Real head scratcher isn't it ?

DIMOCRATS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

They should all be tried for treason.

 

Gosh....now what will the Paranoid Right get all scared over?!?!??

Oh....that's right the "imminent seizing of all our guns by Obama".....sorry...forgot.

 

Scary, but not surprising. If an all-out gun confiscation bill went up to the Supreme Court, we'd probably only keep our guns on a 5-4 decision.

 

I'm sorry. Was this supposed to be some kind of a zing because you have a delusion that anyone who supports restrictions to international arm trades also supports Obama?

I don't. And I guarantee you that I am far more conservative than you when it comes to blocking hostile groups from accessing our trade.

 

Apparently wanting to block the sale of weapons to international illegal armed groups is treasonous and arming those groups (who could then use those weapons to kill Americans) is patriotic.

 

Like you wouldn't support that if Obama and the Democrats wanted to pursue it?

 

Too fast , too furious !

 

The most scary thing about this vote is that 46% of the Senators voted in FAVOR of the UN Arms Treaty.

 

Thankgod for the NRA!

 

They are progressive commies, and they want UN control over the USA.

 

How would this treaty cause "UN control over the USA"?

 

Signing any treaty, carries the weight of Constitutional Amendment.

 

No it doesn't

 

Yes, It does. Go read.

 

Could you show me what constitutional amendment accommodated this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea