Monday, June 10, 2013

This is taken from Kansas Senator Jerry Moran's email newsletter. Senator Moran has been on the front line battling the UN Arms Trade Treaty on our behalf. A good friend and NRA Legislative Liaison told me that Senator Moran has over 50 votes to defeat a vote on the US Arms Trade Treaty in the Senate. Please join me in thanking Senator Moran for his hard work in protecting our 2nd Amendment Rights and defeating any attempts to ratify this treaty.

United Nations A.T.T. Update
On June 3, the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened for signature, and the Obama Administration has announced that it intends to sign. This news is extremely disappointing, given the Administration abandoned its critical negotiation principle of consensus, and Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman’s description of the treaty’s goals as"ambiguous.” Good treaties aren’t ambiguous, and our constitutional rights are too important to be entrusted to a dangerous treaty drafted by nations hostile to the ownership of firearms by private citizens.
Upon passage of the ATT at the U.N. General Assembly on April 2, which due to the Administration’s indifference only required a majority vote, the Administration indicated it would begin an extensive and thorough legal and policy review – a process typically requiring several months. By already signaling a readiness to sign the ATT, the Administration has clearly abbreviated this review process, and the lack of seriousness on their part to review the treaty before agreeing to sign is dangerous.
The United States should ratify treaties only when they are in our national interest, clear in their goals and language, respect our sovereignty, and do not create any openings to infringe upon our constitutional freedoms. The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty fails to meet any of these tests, which is why I urge the President not to sign it. I am joined in these efforts by a bipartisan coalition of 35 U.S. Senators who have cosponsored my resolution, S. Con. Res. 7, to make clear that any treaty that undermines the Constitutional freedoms of American gun owners will not be ratified by the Senate.
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