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Rep. Joe Walsh’s legislation will cut U.S. funding to the UN if the international body imposes any restrictions on Americans’ gun rights.

Rep. Walsh to UN:
No Gun Control Treaties

(GunReports.com) -- Representative Joe Walsh (R-IL) has drafted a bill that would block U.S. funding to the United Nations if it seeks to implement gun control measures affecting U.S. citizens.

Despite victories by gun owners in elections and legislative battles throughout the country in recent years, on the international front gun control is moving quickly.

Most significantly, in 2012 the UN plans to release a final draft of the Arms Trade Treaty—a treaty that will have severe consequences for American gun owners.

Meetings are held behind close doors, but from information gathered by Gun Owners of America, we believe that the ATT will, at the very least, require gun owner registration and microstamping of ammunition.

The ATT will define manufacturing so broadly that any gun owner who adds an accessory such as a scope or changes a stock on a firearm would be required to obtain a manufacturing license.

It would also likely include a ban on many semi-automatic firearms (like the Clinton gun ban) and demand the mandatory destruction of surplus ammo and confiscated firearms.

President Obama, not surprisingly, welcomes the treaty. He knows that he is unlikely to get such radical proposals through the Congress, so the UN provides him a backdoor way to enact gun control.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also on board and began pushing for the treaty as soon as she was confirmed in her position. “The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area,” she said.

Since treaties must be ratified by the Senate, GOA is working continually to buck up weak-kneed Senators who might be pressured to ratify the treaty.

But the House, which controls the nations’ purse strings, can also play a role in killing the ATT (or any other anti-gun treaty, for that matter).

Rep. Joe Walsh’s legislation will cut U.S. funding to the UN if the international body imposes any restrictions on Americans’ gun rights.

This is a huge deal, because without the contributions of the United States, the UN would be crippled financially. According to government reports, U.S. taxpayers foot the bill for 22 percent of the UN’s regular budget and 27 percent of its “peacekeeping” budget.

American gun owners, in other words, are funding the organization that wants to do away with the Second Amendment!

Rep. Walsh is putting the UN on notice: back off our gun rights.

Entitled the “The Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011,” Rep. Walsh is now seeking original cosponsors to join him in the House. He plans to introduce the bill within the next week.

Rep. Walsh highlights for his House colleagues the necessity of his proposal, noting that:

• It is the constitutional power of Congress to determine United States foreign policy through the ratification of international treaties;
• U.S. Presidents, by signing on to treaties, have opened the door for international organizations to unilaterally regulate the lives of citizens of the United States;
• International and transnational organizations force their rules on people of the United States through conventions, multilateral agreements, and nonratified treaties, such as agreements that affect the private ownership of firearms by law-abiding citizens; and
• United States sovereignty is risked by domestic legal applicability of international treaties and executive agreements that have not been voted on and congressionally adopted through formal processes.

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“The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area,” Hillary Clinton said.So,Since is Hillary "The United States"? Don't speak for me Hillary!

Comment by: Les B | December 8, 2011

And I am prepared to work hard to see charges of TREASON brought against anyone who supports, votes for, or signs such a treaty. Any of that would be an outright violation of our Constitutional rights, and that is 'giving aid and comfort to our enemies' via disarmament, right guys?

Comment by: david b | December 8, 2011

While we may take a degree of comfort in the threats by a large number of US Senators, that such a treaty will never be ratified, there remains much concern in the progress that this bit of diplomacy is taking. Of one thing we can be sure..... If any Clinton fingerprints are to be found on anything, we can figure that there will be some sort of anti-Second Amendment twist to it.

I recently saw a news bite on TV that said that, if elected president, Newt Gingrich would select John Bolton as his Secretary of State. While Newt may not be our favorite GOP candidate, I surely do like his choice for SecState.

Comment by: canovack | December 9, 2011

Sadly for conservatives, Newt changes his mind faster than my second wife with PMS. NOT the kind of guy you want for POTUS, and definitely not for the guy with 'the button' on his desk - at least not to my thinking. Not only that, but the campaign promise that gets you to vote for him may be forgotten BEFORE you vote!

Comment by: david b | December 9, 2011

The entire field of GOP candidates leaves me somewhat uninspired, however, with that in mind, who ever gets the nomination will definitely get my vote. The mere hint that Obama might get a second term scares the hell out of me.

Comment by: canovack | December 10, 2011

Amen that!

Comment by: david b | December 12, 2011