Small Arms Trade Treaty Stopped in Senate for Now

Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) inserted an amendment into the Senate budget bill,  against the U.N. Small Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The budget passed, meaning Inhofe's amendment preventing the U.S. from signing onto the U.N.'s We'll Take Your Sovereignty and Your Weapons, Too treaty will not be ratified, at least for now. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton support the treaty.

Jim Inhofe

“We’re negotiating a treaty that cedes our authority to have trade agreements with our allies in terms of trading arms,” Inhofe said. “This is probably the last time this year that you’ll be able to vote for your Second Amendment rights.” Source: The Hill

From Senator Inhofe's website:

March 22, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced two amendments Thursday to the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014 to help protect and preserve the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

Amendment 139 would establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the purpose of preventing the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, a treaty currently being negotiated by U.S. State Department officials.  

“The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty is another attempt by internationalists to limit and infringe upon America’s sovereignty,” said Inhofe. “Such a treaty would require the United States to implement laws as required by the treaty, instead of the national controls that are currently in place. This would also disrupt diplomatic and national security efforts by preventing our government from assisting allies like Taiwan, South Korea, or Israel when they require assistance. I will continue to mount strong opposition to any effort by Sec. Kerry and the State Department to ratify this treaty."

Amendment 360 would establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the purpose of preventing a federal firearm registry. Current efforts in Congress to place further restrictions on gun rights would make allowance for such a registry. 

"Ongoing efforts by my colleagues in Congress to further restrict gun rights is leading us down a slippery slope towards a national firearm registry," said Inhofe. "Criminals could care less about the law. A national firearm registry will only give Washington more power to collect information on law-abiding citizens. There is a reason such a registry is currently outlawed as it has the potential to be misused for suppressing Americans' 2nd Amendment rights." 

Inhofe spoke on the Senator floor Friday regarding amendment 139, which can be viewed by clicking here. 

As you read around the InterTubes about the United Nation's Small Arms Trade Treaty, don't be delluded into thinking the only focus is our Second Amendment, which is the big issue for the U.S. but the forerunner to deciding who can have weapons and who cannot worldwide...in the future, after the remainder of a pleathora of  U.N. plans are implemented.

The U.N. says we need this Treaty to restrict arms getting in the hands of terrorists. Remember who Homeland Security believes are terrorists? That you be you, you brutish right-winger. Never mind that the U.N. refuses to define who a terrorist is, because they would have to point the finger at their Islamic member countries and the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation - the most powerful entity inside the U.N. More information here.

Thank you Senator Inhofe.

by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook