US Senate Opposes UN Arms Trade Treaty Negatively Affecting 2nd Amendment Rights

March 23, 2013

Some US Senators support our constitutional rights by attempting to prevent the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) from negatively impacting the 2nd Amendment rights of US citizens. The measure passed. But there were 46 "Nay" votes - 44 Democrats and 2 independents. There was bipartisan support to pass the measure - 8 Democrats supported it. I started writing "Guess which way Democratic senators from [list of states] voted?" but the list became predictably long so I'll spare you. The complete list of which senators voted which way is provided on the senate.gov website, broken down in a few different ways for easy reference.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00091

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/news-from-nra-ila/2013/3/national-rifle-association-heralds-passage-of-inhofe-amendment-to-prevent-us-from-entering-into-the-un-arms-trade-treaty.aspx

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May 17, 2013

The United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) hasn't gone away and won't any time soon. President Obama voiced his support for it soon after his re-election and has spoken about it a number of times even though several US Senators have been outspoken against it. Obama can sign it but the US cannot be held to it without ratification from 67% of the Senate. It appears that support doesn't exist in this Congress but once signed it can be ratified at any time in the future unless a US President withdraws from it first. Obama won't be doing that so we'll have at least 3.5 years and 1 election to worry about this one.

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/4/obama-administration-to-sign-un-arms-trade-treaty-in-the-very-near-future.aspx

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