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16. Is this just a vague, generalized fear or is there something specific in the treaty

Reply to Llewlladdwr (Reply #12)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 06:35 AM

Sep 2013

that makes you believe this?

A treaty to control the flow of weapons to dictators, insurgents and terrorists seems like a good thing. A treaty that led to the UN forcing countries to regulate or eliminate gun ownership would be contentious, to say the least, and sounds like the right wing conspiracy theory about the UN as an approaching "One World Government".

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Oxfam: US signs historic Arms Trade Treaty [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

Now this will drive the right wing "sovereignty first" folks crazy. Ratification in the Senate pampango Sep 2013 #1

Yup. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #3

It's good the Executive has signed it; it'll take work to convert the senators scared of the NRA muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #4

Yes. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #6

K & R Scurrilous Sep 2013 #2

Another step towards peace. n/t BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #5

Kick! n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #7

This will never be ratified by the Senate, of course. Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #8

Would ProSense Sep 2013 #9

Yes, I would. Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #10

What ProSense Sep 2013 #11

I believe this treaty could lead to a national gun registry. Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #12

That's nonsense. The treaty has nothing to do with Americans' gun rights. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #13

It seems we have a difference of opinion. nt Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #14

You're paranoid, and uncaring and ignorant about the world outside the USA muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #15

Is this just a vague, generalized fear or is there something specific in the treaty pampango Sep 2013 #16

It doesn't matter how many times the facts are repeated ProSense Sep 2013 #17

Arms Treaty Now Signed by Majority of U.N. Members pampango Sep 2013 #18