UNITED NATIONS GUN ACCORD FAILS

We’ve been made aware of a United Nations move to bring member nations into an agreement to ban “illegal” guns and gun sales throughout the world.  We are all aware that such an agreement would most certainly be the precursor to abolish the 2nd Amendment.  In fact, we’ve been told that, at the direction of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was going to sign on to that treaty and use the treaty to defeat the 2^nd Amendment to the Constitution.  

The U.N. resolution hit the table yesterday.  The U.S. refused to sign on and asked for “more time.”  Some diplomats and treaty supporters subsequently blamed the United States for triggering the unraveling of the month-long negotiating conference.  A bipartisan group of 51 U.S. senators on Thursday threatened to oppose the global treaty regulating international weapons trade if it falls short in protecting the constitutional right to bear arms. 

The word from Washington is that Obama did not want to push this unpopular proposal before the November election, but that he is fully prepared to support it if he wins. 

The Constitution's Second Amendment offers broad protection for weapon ownership by civilians. As recently as 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed it when it struck down a ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, ruling that individuals have a constitutional right to keep guns for self-defense and other purposes.

The court also has ruled separately that treaty obligations may not infringe on individual constitutional protections and rights within U.S. borders. This goes back at least to a 1920 ruling that a migratory bird treaty with Canada, which prohibited the hunting or capturing of certain birds, was an unconstitutional interference with states' rights under the 10th Amendment.  Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/27/un-fails-to-reach-deal-on-global-arms-trade-treaty-as-us-asks-for-more-time/#ixzz21sUu3R7O 

This is a temporary win for all American gun owners.  I say “temporary” because, if Obama wins in November, his intentions are to scuttle or evade most of the Amendments considered to be the Bill of Rights.  And, the far-left liberal agenda is in agreement with Obama’s agenda.  

We need to take every possible step to elect members of Congress who will stand up as Americans and protect our fundamental rights, whether they be Democrat or Republican.  

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.