Kerry to sign UN arms treaty, despite senators' opposition
Secretary of State John Kerry plans to sign a controversial U.N. treaty on arms regulation on Wednesday, a senior State Department official told Fox News -- despite warnings from lawmakers that the Senate will not ratify the agreement.
A State official said the treaty would "reduce the risk that international transfers of conventional arms will be used to carry out the world's worst crimes," while protecting gun rights.
"The treaty builds on decades of cooperative efforts to stem the international, illegal, and illicit trade in conventional weapons that benefits terrorists and rogue agents," the official said. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/24/kerry-to-sign-un-arms-tr...
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Permalink Reply by Chuck Davis on
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All his signature is gonna get him is a treason charge.the Senate has already said it will not ratify.
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Permalink Reply by truth on
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Kerry to sign controversial treaty today
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
September 25, 2013U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, has warned President Obama not to implement the controversial UN Arms Treaty, which John Kerry is likely to sign today, without congressional authorization.
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The treaty – which critics have warned could lead to draconian gun control measures in the United States – is based around preventing illicit global weapons transfers to terrorists and other rogue agents, but its language could easily be interpreted to infringe on Second Amendment rights domestically.
Despite warnings from lawmakers that the agreement will be not ratified by the Senate, Secretary of State John Kerry is set to sign the UN treaty today, prompting Senator Corker to warn President Obama that any attempt to implement the measures without congressional consent “would be fundamentally inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution, law, and practice.”
“Because of the concerns discussed above, as well as the fundamental issues the ATT raises with respect to the individual rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, as the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it is my view that you may not take any executive action to implement this treaty, provisionally or otherwise, unless and until: (1) the United States Senate has provided its constitutionally required advice and consent to its ratification; and (2) the Congress has passed any and all required legislation to bring this treaty into effect under United States domestic law,” writes Corker.
Despite 130 members of Congress writing a letter to Obama and Kerry back in May demanding they refuse to sign the treaty, Kerry is set to do so anyway, proving in the eyes of Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. that, “The administration is wasting precious time trying to sign away our laws to the global community and unelected U.N. bureaucrats.”
Earlier this year, the Senate already passed an amendment by 53-46 to “to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty,” a vote that has been ignored by the White House.
Analysts who have studied the treaty warn that it effectively replaces constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment, with the UN Charter, supplanting God with global government as the source of all liberties.
According to John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime, “The Arms Trade Treaty will regulate individual gun ownership all across the world. Each country will be obligated to “maintain a national control list that shall include [rifles and handguns]” and “to regulate brokering taking place under its jurisdiction for conventional arms.”
The treaty also bars “unauthorized” individuals from trading weapons, a vague term that could be applied to just about anyone.
Read Senator Corker’s full letter to Obama below.
Dear President Obama,
It is my understanding that Secretary of State John Kerry will sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on behalf of the United States. The ATT raises significant legislative and constitutional questions. Any act to implement this treaty, provisionally or otherwise, before the Congress provides its advice and consent would be inconsistent with the United States Constitution, law, and practice.
As you know, Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution requires the United States Senate to provide its advice and consent before a treaty becomes binding under United States law. The Senate has not yet provided its advice and consent, and may not provide such consent. As a result, the Executive Branch is not authorized to take any steps to implement the treaty.
Moreover, even after the Senate provides its advice and consent, certain treaties require changes to United States law in the form of legislation passed by both the House and Senate. The ATT is such a treaty. Various provisions of the ATT, including but not limited to those related to the regulation of imports and trade in conventional arms, require such implementing legislation and relate to matters exclusively reserved to Congress under our Constitution.
Because of the concerns discussed above, as well as the fundamental issues the ATT raises with respect to the individual rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, as the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it is my view that you may not take any executive action to implement this treaty, provisionally or otherwise, unless and until: (1) the United States Senate has provided its constitutionally required advice and consent to its ratification; and (2) the Congress has passed any and all required legislation to bring this treaty into effect under United States domestic law.
Sincerely,
Senator Bob Corker
Ranking Member*********************
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Quinn-Tostado on
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lol........if they want to "...stem the international, illegal, and illicit trade in conventional weapons that benefit terrorist and rouge agents"....then they need to fire obama and the entire administration, including all of the bush/clinton crime families,holder, napalitano, kissenger, cheney, rummey, pelosi, insane mcain, etc, etc, shut down the military industrial complex, wall street, rayethon, halliburton, monsanto, private protection firms.....etc, etc, etc,....
oh yeah....and ALL GOVERNMENTS.....So let the Amerikan government crash too......
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Permalink Reply by olde reb on
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I believe I can rest assured this would not restrict the CIA from continuing the arming of "revolutionary" dissidents to overthrow any political power that Wall Street wants destroyed. Of course similar legislation did not restrict Colonel Oliver North. It would only be enforced against private ownership. If you are armed by a government, you are obviously not a terrorist or rogue agent.
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Permalink Reply by joe banana on
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So, how then can Obama arm our enemies? This is going to piss off Mexican drug cartels, and Holder. How about a recall of kerry?
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Permalink Reply by MAC on
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I just got this WTF
dudley.brown
Moments ago in New York City, John Kerry signed the UN Gun Ban.
As I warned about yesterday, this fight is now headed to floor of the U.S. Senate, where Harry Reid and Barack Obama are waiting for just the right moment to ram it through.
Now is the time to apply pressure to your U.S. Senators . . . INSIST they publicly oppose and vote against the UN Gun Ban at every opportunity.
Please click here to Sign your Official Firearm Sovereignty Survey RIGHT NOW!
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Permalink Reply by apeman2502 on
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The receiver of two self-inflicted Purple Hearts, White Swan, Ol' Cash n' Kerry, is going to finally wake up from his reverie when he realizes the high point of his career is not going to be wrestling nude in a coffin full of mud with B.Obummer on the steps of The White House. Kerry FAIL as Sec. of St.. Maybe he could sell tickets to a John Waters festival, if Mr. Waters would have him. Kerry treason. Hitlery is unfit for office and Rand Paul is a shuck. Even Grayson is using lyrics from the song 'Peace Train' by musitard Cat Stevens to gain attention. Cat Stevens, as you know, went on a public tirade screeching about how he thought Salman Rushdie should be "beheaded and burned" for his 'The Satanic Verses' which either libeled or documented a forgettable side of the prophet Mohammed. Such shallow knee jerk bigotry should be beyond the range of a successful candidacy. Or maybe Rep. Grayson should say good-bye to his P.R. man. Like right now.
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Treaties, such as NAFTA, TTIP, or TPP, whether negotiated with the UN, the WTO, the IMF, the WB, by the Trade Representative, the Treasury Department, the State Department, or whatever, are used by the New World Order (read Wall Street) to circumvent local law. Ref. http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/obama-is-a-facade-ii
The TTIP and TPP issues might surprise you.
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