January 18, 2014, by Ken Jorgustin
Did you know this? During September of 2013, John Kerry "on behalf of President Obama and the United States of America", said (lied?) at the United Nations in New York,
"This treaty will not diminish anyone's freedom. In fact, the treaty recognizes the freedom of both individuals and states to obtain, possess, and use arms for legitimate purposes. Make no mistake, we would never think about supporting a treaty that is inconsistent with the rights of Americans … to be able to exercise their guaranteed rights under our constitution."
But here's where he misled you about the UN Arms Trade Treaty…
The New American reports that the UN Arms Trade Treaty was written in secret by the Obama/Hillary Clinton State Department, along with Russia, China, France and Britain.
But here's where he misled you about the UN Arms Trade Treaty…
The New American reports that the UN Arms Trade Treaty was written in secret by the Obama/Hillary Clinton State Department, along with Russia, China, France and Britain.
Not exactly a lineup of champions of liberty.
What does the treaty actually say?
Article 2 defines the conventional arms covered, which include battle tanks, artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles — and "small arms and light weapons."
Article 3 of the treaty places UN prohibitions on "ammunition/munitions fired, launched or delivered by the conventional arms (including small arms) covered under Article 2."
Article 4 puts all "parts and components" of weapons (including small arms) within the scheme.
Several places in the treaty text, including Article 5, require all countries to "establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list." Moreover, it declares, "Each State Party is encouraged to apply the provisions of this Treaty to the broadest range of conventional arms."
Article 5, Section 4 says each State Party "shall provide its national control list to the Secretariat, which shall make it available to other States Parties."
The way I read this is it means our federal government will provide the guns and ammo registration list to the UN, which will provide it to Russia, China, Cuba — any and every State Party that wants it.
If Secretary Kerry assures us that this treaty will not diminish anyone's freedom, then why do the articles within the treaty say otherwise?
This is more erosion of United States sovereignty while freedoms of Americans are being relinquished to other 'state players' of the United Nations to establish more 'global' control.
SOURCE modernsurvivalblog
