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June 4th, 2013, 02:22 AM #1
Kerry says US will sign UN weapons embargo treaty.
Despite most of congress against it. Same old politician thinking. Glad he wasn't president.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...for-signature/
The meat of the article below.
"We look forward to signing it as soon as the process of conforming the official translations is completed satisfactorily," he said. Kerry called the treaty "an important contribution to efforts to stem the illicit trade in conventional weapons, which fuels conflict, empowers violent extremists, and contributes to violations of human rights."
The treaty would require countries that ratify it to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms and components and to regulate arms brokers, but it will not explicitly control the domestic use of weapons in any country.
Still, gun-rights supporters on Capitol Hill warn the treaty could be used as the basis for additional gun regulations inside the U.S. and have threatened not to ratify.
Last week, 130 members of Congress signed a letter to Obama and 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.
The chance of adoption by the U.S. is slim, even if Obama goes ahead and signs it -- as early as Monday, or possibly months down the road. A majority of Senate members have come out against the treaty. A two-thirds majority would be needed in the Senate to ratify."Governments... derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."
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June 4th, 2013, 01:16 PM #2
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He is an asshole.
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Re: Kerry says US will sign UN weapons embargo treaty.
John Kerry...Ted Kennedy...Mass. What else do we need to know?
"I was for the war before I was against it." What a moron.BCM and Glock...for a bigger pile of 'cold dead hands' brass.
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June 4th, 2013, 03:26 PM #4
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Bring em over here, its "bitchslap a politician" day, and we're late getting started.
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June 4th, 2013, 11:15 PM #6
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Exactly why again do we have Mr. Jane Fonda speaking for us? Why was that POS confirmed?
"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws--that's insane!" -- Penn Jillette
"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." -- Ted Nugent
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June 5th, 2013, 07:29 AM #7Hokkmike Guest
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Unfortunately, I am NOT surprised.
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