u.n. small arms treaty...

We had a conversation at lunch today about the u.n. small arms treaty. I suggested that it will be a way around the 2nd Amendment for obama and the anti-gun crowd. My two friends thought that is was nothing more than scare tactics by the pro-gun crowd in order to keep us donating. I can see that side of it too, but I also know how bad the left wants to rid us of our weapons.

Not that it really matters these days. The majority in this Country don't have the balls or the inclination to defend it. I don't know if you have ever heard of the three percenters, but I doubt if the number willing to die for this Country is even that high.

When media outlets, people other than the NRA and the National Association for Gun Rights, start writing about the devastation this treaty could do to our rights, I start to get worried.

Here is an article from The Washington Times. See the short excerpt below...

Political scientist Rudy Rummel estimates that the 15 worst regimes during the 20th century killed 151 million of their own citizens, which works out to 1.5 million victims per year. Even if all 300,000 annual deaths from armed conflicts can be blamed on the small-arms trade (which they cannot), governments are a bigger threat to most people than their neighbors.

Here is an article from Forbes. See the excerpt below...

Have no doubt that this plan is very real, with strong Obama administration support. In January 2010 the U.S. joined 152 other countries in endorsing a U.N. Arms Treaty Resolution that will establish a 2012 conference to draft a blueprint for enactment. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to push for Senate ratification.

Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton has cautioned gun owners to take this initiative seriously, stating that the U.N. “is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there is no doubt that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control.”

Of course, there are plenty of places you can go to see the exact opposite. Places like Snopes deny that it will be a gun grab. They claim it is as innocent as the u.n says it is. Nothing is ever as it seems when hillary clinton, obama, or the u.n are involved. There is always some underlying motive, some personal gain. In this case the personal gain may just be the support of the liberal base if a victory is obtained.

I'm not willing to find out. It will be tough for clinton to get this passed in congress. If there is even a hint in washigton that this is a threat to the 2nd Amendment, many won't give their approval. But still, I plan to let my congress critters know every week what my feelings are about this. Even if it is as innocent as they claim, it is still bad policy. Read the quote from the first article. Rouge governments are a far bigger threat to their people than other countries, or even terrorists. Rouge regimes have killed MILLIONS of unarmed citizens. Gun confiscation is the first indication that you are truly and completely screwed. At that point you cease to be a citizen and instead become a subject, or worse, a slave.

If this treaty passes, and becomes the law of the land, it will be because of those people reading Snopes and the like, with their heads in the sand. "It can't happen here" are some of the most famous last words. It ranks right up there with "Hey, hold my beer and watch this"...