Lawmakers Urge Obama to Reject UN Arms Treaty
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:05 pm
It will be interesting to see if Obama pushes Kerry to have this monstrosity signed once it is available for signatories, especially since many legislators on both sides of the aisle are against it....
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Secretary of State John Kerry says US will sign controversial UN treaty on arms regulations, despite strong opposition from lawmakers who contend the treaty could be used as a basis for additional gun regulations inside the US.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have banded together to urge President Obama not to sign a landmark international arms regulation treaty, as the U.N. measure opens for signature Monday.
I realize that a two-thirds majority in the Senate is required to ratify and chances are slim that will happen, but still....Last week, 130 members of Congress signed a letter to Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry urging them to reject the measure for this and other reasons.
"As your review of the treaty continues, we strongly encourage your administration to recognize its textual, inherent and procedural flaws, to uphold our country's constitutional protections of civilian firearms ownership, and to defend the sovereignty of the United States, and thus to decide not to sign this treaty," the lawmakers wrote.
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