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Senate Likely to Vote Down Weapons Ban But UN Arms Trade Treaty is Back
The Truth Behind The News
Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
March 20, 2013
According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013” lacks backing in the Senate in order to gain approval. In part, the list of weapons that will be banned is the problem. The reemergence of the original assault weapons ban of 1994 is recognized as an infringement on the 2nd Amendment.
The “Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers” bill is also barely treading water.
On Capitol Hill, the measures to strengthen school safety seem to be passable without opposition.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have formed school safety measures, allocated federal funding for such measures and training to teach school officials and bus drivers to the vulnerabilities concerning school campuses.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has formed the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) will be used to purchase “equipment, training, and other efforts to support school security.”
DHS, FEMA and National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) are working with public school districts under the US Department of Education (DoE) to develop safety guidelines and make sure they are adhered to under the Incident Command System (ICS) for schools.
Senator Dianne Feinstein maintains that she will introduce her assault weapons ban as an amendment to keep the legislation in play on the Senate floor.
Feinstein said: “Obviously I’m very disappointed…. The enemies on this are very powerful. I’ve known that all my life.”
At the UN Headquarters in New York, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) has become the topic of discussion as nations have come together to decide whether or not individual sovereignty will supersede international law with regard to gun ownership.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) believes that the ATT will override American’s right to bear arms and outlaw personal firearms ownership for the sake of keeping civilian populations safe.
Michelle A. Ringuette, chief of campaigns and programs at Amnesty International USA, a UN non-governmental organization (NGO), states: “This treaty is a common-sense alignment of the interests of governments, law-abiding citizens and individuals all over the world, who deserve the right to live free from harm. Any step toward restraining the illicit sale and transfer of weapons used to commit horrific crimes is a good move forward, and the world could use a lot more steps in the direction of ending human rights abuses.”
John Kerry, Secretary of State, has indicated that the Obama administration will support the ATT. Kerry said: “The United States is steadfast in its commitment to achieve a strong and effective Arms Trade Treaty that helps address the adverse effects of the international arms trade on global peace and stability.”
The NRA have gathered members of the World Forum on Shooting Activities, an international organization consisting of gun rights activists and manufacturers who will speak out against the ATT at the UN.
Tom Mason, executive secretary of WFSA explains: “What we really object to is the inclusion of civilian firearms within the scope of the ATT. This is a treaty that really needs to address the transfer of large numbers of military weapons that leads to human rights abuses. We have submitted language that you can define what a civilian firearm is.”
Last June Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State announced that the Obama administration is working with the UN to approve, through the US Congress; the ATT. Clinton affirmed that the US would facilitate talks with the UN in the Conference on the ATT, as long as it “operates under the rules of consensus decision-making. Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly.”
The Obama administration is in full support of the ATT. Both Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN and Clinton said in a letter that they “strongly urge the United States to take a leadership role in pushing for a strong, verifiable Arms Trade Treaty.”
The ATT will empower the UN to literally force the US government to:
• Enact internationally agreed licensing requirements for Americans
• Confiscate and destroy unauthorized firearms of Americans while allowing the US government to keep theirs
• Ban trade, sale and private ownership of semi-automatic guns
• Create and mandate an international registry to organize an encompassing gun confiscation in America
While using the illegal arms market as their platform of reform, the UN aims to override sovereign nations and their citizen’s rights to own firearms.
The current draft of the ATT states that governments must obtain UN approval before selling arms to a country where there is a “substantial risk of a serious violation” of human rights. This provision directly affects Russia and Syria, as they are involved in a lucrative arms trade relationship.
In 2010, the US began talks with the UN regarding the initial drafting of the ATT.
With perfect globalist rhetoric, the UN claims that it is “not pursuing a global treaty to ban gun ownership by civilians.” But rather a “tightening controls over the international import, export and transfers of conventional arms, because without such controls it is easier for weapons to be diverted from the legal trade into the illegal market, and into the hands of terrorists, drug traffickers and criminal cartels.”
When talks concerning the global gun grab began in 2010, the US claimed to “want a treaty that will prevent, or at least significantly impede, illicit trade in conventional weapons by reinforcing national commitments and supplementing those obligations, thereby elevating the degree to which the worldwide trade in conventional arms is conducted in a lawful, transparent, and accountable manner.”
In 2011, the UN’s General Assembly recognized “that disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation is essential”, meaning citizens could no longer own firearms if there were to be peace in the world.
However, the UN sees the armory of governments as an “effective national control”. To ensure the UN is able to take gun rights away from every citizen in ever country they have devised this treaty to influence “national legislation, regulations and procures on the transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods and technology” for the maintenance of international peace and security.
2013-04-21 12:54:39
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