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On July 27 the United Nations is set to approve an International Arms Control Treaty. A number of U.N. member nations want civilian gun control included. Hillary Clinton is expected to sign this treaty on behalf of the United States for the Obama administration.
Our forefathers understood the importance of our right to defend and protect ourselves and our families. The Second Amendment to our Constitution protects these rights.
If the U.S. signs this treaty and civilian gun control is included, we would be at the mercy of international interference in our right to bear arms.
Although treaties must be ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, the 1969 Vienna Convention created obligations that relate to simply signing a treaty.
Senate Bill S.2205 and House Bill H.R. 5846, both titled “The Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012,” attempt to protect the freedoms of American gun owners and prohibit funds from being expended to restrict Second Amendment rights or to regulate domestic firearms. Both these bills are currently in committees that handle foreign relations.
Our law-abiding gun owners represent a domestic army 80 to 100 million strong that serves as a deterrent to foreign enemies who might consider an invasion. It is very important that we maintain this protection. As robberies and home invasions increase, we need the ability to protect and defend our homes, our businesses and our persons.
Please contact our senators, Richard Burr and Kay Hagan, and Rep. Howard Coble.
Rep. Renee Ellmers serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. She may represent us after the November elections and should be interested in your thoughts.
It is important they know that you expect them to protect your Second Amendment rights and hopefully sign on as co-sponsors of these bills.
Linda Caudell
Pinehurst
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emb6683 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Whup, whup, whup. Is that a black helicopter I hear?
The_AnonymusProfit 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The United Nations can sit and rotate.
Nezumi 9 months, 3 weeks ago
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/untreaty.asp
Easygoing 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Much poppycock
molonlabe 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Hard Ball with Chris Mathews on MSNBC "Is it reasonable to assume that our founders Madison, Jefferson, Washington thought a semi-automatic rifle was acceptable when they drafted the second amendment? Of course they didn't"
B.S. They thought whatever type of rifle our government or police had in their arsenal, should be the same type of weapon the average citizenry should possess, that was the whole point.
That if the citizenry possessed weapons like the military and police, then the government would always fear the people, and they would always keep themselves in check.
We should not legislate in this country around knee jerk reactions or to what crazy people might do. We legislate as if we understood why this country was founded in the first place. Limited government.
-Libertarian Party
molonlabe 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I am free because I say I am. My freedom is not dependent on any government benefit or piece of legislation. My rights are inherent in the fact that I was born a sovereign being. They are non negotiable. Government can list them and protect them, but my rights are not theirs to give away!
clarabelle 9 months, 3 weeks ago
"molonlabe - B.S. They thought whatever type of rifle our government or police had in their arsenal, should be the same type of weapon the average citizenry should possess, that was the whole point. "
I imagine they would shudder if they knew what kind of weapons would be available today!
Bentpan 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Yesterday (July 26), Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) gathered the signatures of 51 Senators on a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton opposing any treaty that infringes on our rights. Today it seems the conferance on UN ATT ( Arms Trade Treaty) has broken down and will not be issuing a draft treaty to the member nations. Yet another American victory over those who would undermine American Rights.
Bentpan 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The 2nd Amendment by Jay Parker
skylinefirepest 9 months, 3 weeks ago
There's no "black chopper" folks...the treaty would have impacted our rights no matter what the leftists say. If you haven't read about it from sources that are familiar with it then don't try to maintain otherwise. We should be able to depend on our elected officials to not bargain away our rights. Clarabelle...our forefathers were apparently a whole bunch smarter than the group we've got running our country right now! Our forefathers wouldn't have allowed government to take all the power that they have now. Our forefathers did not foresee politicians for life as we have it now. Our forefathers certainly knew that change was inevitable and that all things would progress...after all they had the most modern weapons at that time. And if you think that we should still be restricted to muskets then you'll have to give up your computer, and cell phone, and car, and your air conditioning...the point is your comment didn't have a lot of thought given to it, as usual.
MikeNC 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Someone sent this to me. There is no comments on Snopes that I can find. I am also providing the document itself I found on Google. I am glad to see what Bentpan has posted about it breaking down for the time being....Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfns7bUVWs
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/arms/freedom_war.html
The_AnonymusProfit 9 months, 3 weeks ago
It is the right of the people of the united state to own and posses any firearm they feel is adequate to their protection. It is the right of the people to unite and overthrow this united states if it becomes tyrannical.
Now the question is well can the people own nukes? The answer is no. How is this possible? because a nuclear weapon is not a fire arm in the sense of the people being able to control their government.
So besides guns what else would fall into the bear arms category.? What about RPG's? Well actually yes. Landmines? No. Chemical weapons? No.
Tanks? Yes.
Tanks are interesting. See it is the right of the state to maintain a well regulated militia. However we understand that a militia is generally a town gathering of 20 to 50 people that will come together in times of emergency to defend the state. These people are generally supplied by themselves though the state can equip them. There fore some private citizen with a tank which is basically a motorized firearm would provide for better power to regulate its government.
I dont care if you think im crazy. The fact is that the only recourse we have against our government when it becomes to self powered is to rise up with our guns to run them out and start over. The problem is that the private citizen can not compete with the US military, therefore it is up to the citizen to be able to compete.
RmeMP 9 months, 3 weeks ago
i would not give up a single one of my weapons willingly - someone would litterally have to take them from my dead hands!
i do not have a single "military grade" weapon; i have multiple types of firearms, but ill be DAMNED if an entity as worthless and corrupt as the UN as ANYTHING to do with them!!!
clarabelle 9 months, 3 weeks ago
" Clarabelle...our forefathers were apparently a whole bunch smarter than the group we've got running our country right now! Our forefathers wouldn't have allowed government to take all the power that they have now."
people were the SAME back then as they are now. It's called human nature!
Stop trying to canonize the forefathers..... although I do admit they were probably smarter than most republican admins!
The_AnonymusProfit 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Clarabelle, do you even think before you type or do you just type and then type some more with no actual thought process to what your saying?
peterprints 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Don't just post the snopes.com website, tell us up front that the whole thing is false and that readers should go there to find out why. People who want to believe the lies, don't go to snopes.com or any other fact checker sites. They just keep repeating the lie. As Hitler's propaganda minister said: " If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. ”