People really need to understand this issue. Far too many keep saying the same thing..."That can't happen here! We have our Constitution! Treaties have to be ratified! It'll never happen here!"
Well, it IS happening. Right now it's happening. And obama and billary have been very diligently pursuing this matter "under the radar". WIth nary a whimper from the unsuspecting gun owners. They're under false security where our Constitution is involved on this issue.
Scary stuff... Please read it and pass it on to anyone who still cares.
Researchers say don’t count on Constitution to stop Arms Trade TreatyWritten By David Codrea, Gun Rights ExaminerMANASQUAN, N.J.— “There is a widespread misunderstanding on the part of American gun-owners, evidenced in gun blogs and in commentaries on articles dealing with the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),” researchers Paul Gallant, Sherry Gallant, Alan Chwick and Joanne D. Eisen report in an AmmoLand paper filed yesterday.
“The crux of this misunderstanding,” they write, “is that, since there are checks and balances in our Constitution, and since the Constitution clearly states that ratification of a treaty can only occur ‘provided two thirds of the Senators present concur,’ this is almost impossible to come about.”
Not necessarily, the researchers argue, citing
“carefully documented proof that ratification of an international treaty can occur —and can be made binding to U.S. citizens— without any Senate action at all!”Referencing the Journal on Firearms & Public Policy, the Gallants, Chwick and Eisen recount “three specific mechanisms” where an end-run around the Constitution could result in an ATT influence: under signature of the president "with or without ratification by the Senate," if it becomes “customary under international law” and the U.S. abides by it, and “through nonconsensual customary law.”
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