The New American
The United Nations is polishing up a global Arms Transfer Treaty
(ATT) this month in a New York convention that would create a global
registry of private ownership of firearms. This treaty — which would
also mandate creation of a national collection agency for those guns and
is contrary to the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment — has the
long-standing and enthusiastic backing of the Obama State Department, headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“Conventional arms transfers are a crucial national security concern
for the United States, and we have always supported effective action to
control the international transfer of arms,” Hillary Clinton noted as
early as October 14, 2009. Clinton boasted that “the United States
regularly engages other states to raise their standards and to prohibit
the transfer or transshipment of capabilities to rogue states, terrorist
groups, and groups seeking to unsettle regions.” Of course, that speech
was delivered at the same time the Obama administration was
transferring some 2,000 small arms to Mexican drug gangs in the “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scandal.
The State Department website nevertheless absurdly continues to boast that
“The United States has in place an extensive and rigorous system of
controls that most agree is the 'gold standard' of export controls for
arms transfers.”
In view of such obviously false public statements, one may question the sincerity of Obama State Department promises about “redlines”
to the UN ATT, which supposedly protect the Second Amendment: “The
Second Amendment to the Constitution must be upheld. There will be no
restrictions on civilian possession or trade of firearms otherwise
permitted by law or protected by the U.S. Constitution. There will be no
dilution or diminishing of sovereign control over issues involving the
private acquisition, ownership, or possession of firearms, which must
remain matters of domestic law.” The Obama State Department also
promises “There will be no mandate for an international body to enforce
an ATT.”
So America's Second Amendment rights are safe, right?
Hardly. -[Full Article]
