NRA Stops U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

[Flipdude]

This is great news for every American who practices their 2nd Amendment rights. CLICK HERE for the link.

[Beldin]

Fabulous

It will be great if the whole idea dies quickly now...

[LittleChickie]

And didn't it just warm your hearts to know that our very own CA senators stood shoulder-to-shoulder with those brave 51!!!!
NOTNOTNOTNOTNOT

[Flipdude]

It will be great if the whole idea dies quickly now...

They will probably try again.

And didn't it just warm your hearts to know that our very own CA senators stood shoulder-to-shoulder with those brave 51!!!!
NOTNOTNOTNOTNOT

LOL! And they call themselves "Americans"!

[wash]

Did they really? I thought SAF was the group pushing hard against it.

And NRA has been known to claim responsibility for stuff that they tried to kill.

[adrenalinemedic]

Pretty sure General Electric was a bigger influence than the NRA.

[donw]

IMO we should pull out of the UN and convert the UN complex in NYC to a hospital/homeless shelter/library/community center/public education center...

[BigFatGuy]

What will Wayne LaPierre send emails about, now?

[SoCal Bob]

What will Wayne LaPierre send emails about, now?

This http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=600437

[wjc]

WOO HOO!

I don't care about the emails from Wayne...this is great news!

[Flipdude]

But Obama is gearing up the DHS and TSA to be on alert for civil unrest in regards to the arms trade treaty. It reported on Infowars that the DHS will using drones to patrol public areas and the TSA are now at every bus and train stations in California. I guess it's not over yet.

[dustoff31]

Just a few things:

It's not dead:

We feel that we could have agreed (a treaty). It is disappointing that more time is needed. But an arms-trade treaty is coming - not today - but soon. We've taken a big step forward," said a spokesman for Britain's delegation.

Neither the NRA nor the SAF had much, if anything to do with it:

(Reuters) - Delegations from around the world failed on Friday to agree a landmark U.N. arms-trade treaty to regulate the more than $60 billion industry, opting for further talks and a possible U.N. General Assembly vote by the end of the year, diplomats said.

More than 170 countries have spent the past month in New York negotiating a treaty, which needed to be adopted by consensus, so any one country effectively could have vetoed a deal. Instead, no decision was taken on a draft treaty.

While most U.N. member states favored a strong treaty, activists said there was a small minority of states, including Syria, North Korea, Iran, Egypt and Algeria, who loudly voiced opposition to global arms control throughout the negotiations.

And finally, something to think about in November.

One of the reasons this month's negotiations are taking place is that the United States, the world's biggest arms trader accounting for over 40 percent of global conventional arms transfers, reversed U.S. policy on the issue after Barack Obama became president and decided in 2009 to support a treaty.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/27/us-arms-treaty-idUSBRE86Q1MW20120727

[wjc]

dustoff321 is correct. This was merely a delaying action but it's still a good thing. We can't do anything about Barry Sotero at this stage except vote him and his ilk out of office.

It just means we have to remain vigilant.

[Cearbhall]

Pretty sure General Electric was a bigger influence than the NRA.

The NRA will get the "blame" but I think adrenalinemedic is right. Too, China, Russia, Brazil, etc. export a lot of small arms in order to keep their factories going. They might pretend to go along with a small arms treaty, but work behind the scene to make sure it fails. Same with all those constantly at war, gangster run African countries. They all claim to want the arms trade to stop, but the spend most of their money on arms. Liars, most of them. Then they blame American gun owners.

[wjc]

The NRA will get the "blame" but I think adrenalinemedic is right. Too, China, Russia, Brazil, etc. export a lot of small arms in order to keep their factories going. They might pretend to go along with a small arms treaty, but work behind the scene to make sure it fails. Same with all those constantly at war, gangster run African countries. They all claim to want the arms trade to stop, but the spend most of their money on arms. Liars, most of them. Then they blame American gun owners.

...sometimes it's tough to be the "good guys".