As you know, the United Nations is working on an international treaty to regulate small arms.
This treaty has been the subject of speculation and the rumor mills for several years. It now appears that it may very well be finalized soon.
While many are claiming it will not infringe on American’s Second Amendment rights, every major pro-gun organization disagrees and considers it a massive threat. If Hillary Clinton promises it’s good for you, it’s safe to say something very dangerous is being cooked up.
According to Ted Bromund of the Heritage Foundation, a suggestion was actually made to regulate police cars!
Obama told the Brady Campaign that he was working “under the radar” to enact gun control. We could see the results of this in the ATF’s “Fast and Furious” operation. Guns sent to drug cartels with the approval and assistance of the Obama administration were intended to inflate the number of American firearms confiscated in Mexico and give a boost to efforts to restrict sales in America. As of now, we have no idea how many innocent people have been killed with these guns, but for the first time an Attorney General has been held in contempt, and anti-gun organizations have actually praised this operation!
Now with an international treaty pending, Obama and Clinton have another opportunity to attack gun rights while claiming to protect them.
The good news is that there is opposition in congress. Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois has sponsored HB 3594 opposing the treaty. The bad news is that not a single member of Oregon’s Congressional Delegation has cosponsored, including the only Republican, Greg Walden and NRA darling Kurt Schrader.
Of course, treaties must be ratified by the Senate, and while there is opposition there too, Oregon has two Senators who are as consistently anti-gun as any members of the Senate.
Still they need to hear from you. Please contact Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and tell them to vote NO on any small arms treaty foisted on us by the United Nations
TUESDAY UPDATE TO THE UPDATE. KATU HAS NOW OFFERED TO SEND A SATALLITE TRUCK TO OUR PLACE TO DO THE DEBATE.
Special Update. Late Monday, July 23, OFF’s Director, Kevin Starrett, was contacted by KATU television to be part of a TV show they would be doing about gun control in the wake of the Colorado murders. After agreeing to appear, KATU called Kevin back and informed him that he would not be allowed in the studio armed, something he has done many times before (and one time needed to be.) If someone claiming to represent gun owners DOES appear on this show, scheduled to air Sunday, be advised that they agreed to this hysterical and paranoid policy.