Post by eagle on Apr 2, 2013 15:47:22 GMT -5
This treaty is to prevent "civilians " from owning guns for sections I've read. Iran, Syria and similar countries stated they either would not vote, or noted that they refused to follow the treaty..... for very obvious reasons.
www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/united-nations-arms-trafficking/2013/04/02/id/497439?s=al&promo_code=1300A-1#ixzz2PLBMYKig
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping,
first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade, brushing
aside worries from U.S. gun rights advocates that the pact could lead to a
national firearms registry and disrupt the American gun market.
The long-debated U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) requires countries to regulate and
control the export of weaponry such as battle tanks, combat vehicles and
aircraft and attack helicopters, as well as parts and ammunition for such
weapons. It also provides that signatories will not violate arms embargoes,
international treaties regarding illicit trafficking, or sell weaponry to a
countries for genocide, crimes against humanity or other war crimes.
With the Obama administration supporting the final treaty draft, the General Assembly
vote was 154 to 3, with 23 abstentions.
American gun rights activists, though, insist the treaty is riddled with loopholes and is unworkable in part
because it includes “small arms and light weapons” in its list of weaponry
subject to international regulations. They do not trust U.N. assertions that the
pact is meant to regulate only cross-border trade and would have no impact on
domestic U.S. laws and markets.
Critics of the treaty were heartened by the U.S. Senate’s resistance to
ratifying the document, assuming President Obama
sent it to the chamber for ratification. In its budget debate late last month,
the Senate approved a nonbinding amendment opposing the treaty offered by Sen.
James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, with eight Democrats joining all 45
Republicans backing the amendment.
“The Senate has already gone on record
in stating that an Arms Trade Treaty has no hope, especially if it does not
specifically protect the individual right to bear arms and American
sovereignty,” Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican who backed Mr.
Inhofe’s motion, said in a statement. “It would be pointless for the president
to sign such a treaty and expect the Senate to go along. We won’t ratify
it.”
Despite the Senate vote, numerous groups have pressured President
Obama to support the treaty, and Amnesty International hailed Tuesday’s
vote.
“The voices of reason triumphed over skeptics, treaty opponents and
dealers in death to establish a revolutionary treaty that constitutes a major
step toward keeping assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons
out of the hands of despots and warlords who use them to kill and maim
civilians, recruit child soldiers and commit other serious abuses,” said Frank
Jannuzi, deputy executive director of Amnesty International
USA.
www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/united-nations-arms-trafficking/2013/04/02/id/497439?s=al&promo_code=1300A-1#ixzz2PLBMYKig
UN Passes Sweeping Gun Control Measure
Tuesday, 02 Apr 2013 12:50 PM
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping,
first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade, brushing
aside worries from U.S. gun rights advocates that the pact could lead to a
national firearms registry and disrupt the American gun market.
The long-debated U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) requires countries to regulate and
control the export of weaponry such as battle tanks, combat vehicles and
aircraft and attack helicopters, as well as parts and ammunition for such
weapons. It also provides that signatories will not violate arms embargoes,
international treaties regarding illicit trafficking, or sell weaponry to a
countries for genocide, crimes against humanity or other war crimes.
With the Obama administration supporting the final treaty draft, the General Assembly
vote was 154 to 3, with 23 abstentions.
American gun rights activists, though, insist the treaty is riddled with loopholes and is unworkable in part
because it includes “small arms and light weapons” in its list of weaponry
subject to international regulations. They do not trust U.N. assertions that the
pact is meant to regulate only cross-border trade and would have no impact on
domestic U.S. laws and markets.
Critics of the treaty were heartened by the U.S. Senate’s resistance to
ratifying the document, assuming President Obama
sent it to the chamber for ratification. In its budget debate late last month,
the Senate approved a nonbinding amendment opposing the treaty offered by Sen.
James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, with eight Democrats joining all 45
Republicans backing the amendment.
“The Senate has already gone on record
in stating that an Arms Trade Treaty has no hope, especially if it does not
specifically protect the individual right to bear arms and American
sovereignty,” Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican who backed Mr.
Inhofe’s motion, said in a statement. “It would be pointless for the president
to sign such a treaty and expect the Senate to go along. We won’t ratify
it.”
Despite the Senate vote, numerous groups have pressured President
Obama to support the treaty, and Amnesty International hailed Tuesday’s
vote.
“The voices of reason triumphed over skeptics, treaty opponents and
dealers in death to establish a revolutionary treaty that constitutes a major
step toward keeping assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons
out of the hands of despots and warlords who use them to kill and maim
civilians, recruit child soldiers and commit other serious abuses,” said Frank
Jannuzi, deputy executive director of Amnesty International
USA.
May also effect like 8mm - Lebel and other "old" military gun ammunition ONLY made outside of the USA.