I'm in Texas, and someone was going on

[Melissa G]

about some coming UN initiative and guns and possible ammo shortage. I suspect there is nothing to this, but I would like to read up on whatever they are alluding to. Can someone here point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Melissa

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. The only place ...

You'll be able to find this is theblaze.com ... glenn beck's site.

[msongs]

2. klan propraganda spread by the gun manufacturers probably nt

[SecularMotion]

3. It started back in July

NRA Kicks Off UN Arms Treaty Conference With Fearmongering

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117247774

[Melissa G]

11. Thanks! n/t

[n2doc]

4. Glen Beck, Agenda 21

See
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101781923

fear mongering to make money.

[Melissa G]

10. Very helpful

and I avoided going to Glen Beck's site to hear about it!
Thanks!

[gejohnston]

5. The Arms Trade Treaty

The focus is mostly standardizing military small arms.
The NRA and the Canadian NFA (I like keeping track of their gun rights groups.) oppose it because they think it could open the door to a ban on civilian ownership of any firearms or regulations set by an international organization with some unsavory members. From what I understand, US and European manufactures are mostly for it because it is easier dealing with one regulation than trying to figure out the regulations of each country. It is kind of like being a billing and coding specialist in the US vs one in Canada.

The Amnesty International website "loopholes" include shotguns marketed for deer hunting that are virtually the same as military/police shotguns and rifles marketed for long range target shooting that are virtually the same as military/police sniper rifles. AI advocates that the civilian guns must be included in any workable arms trade controls; otherwise, governments could authorize export/import of sporting guns virtually the same as military/police weapons in function.

That kind of validates the NRA's and the NFA's point, at least to them. AI is mostly correct that about the technical aspects of guns.

One of the claims the NRA makes is that if you buy, say a Glock, the US government would have to tell the Austrian government (the source country). I think that is either a misreading or a lie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_Trade_Treaty
http://www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/

While trying to keep them out of the hands of terrorists, pirates, and other unsavory characters is a good thing, the part I have a problem with when it comes to insurgents and how the treaty defines "legitimate government". As the saying goes, one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.

[Melissa G]

12. Appreciate your post.

Very informative.

[rl6214]

15. The only informative post in this thread

The rest are just the typical bashing.

[GreenStormCloud]

6. Google "Arms Trade Treaty".

It will be a UN treaty. The terms of the treaty are still being discussed. It isn't in final form yet.

It is supposed to regulate international trade in firearms. American gunners are afraid that it will have repercussions inside the U.S. regarding their rights. Until we see the final draft of the treaty we don't know what it will and won't do.

[Melissa G]

7. Thank you!

[Melissa G]

8. Thanks to everyone who responded to this post.

You folks are a great resource!

[Clames]

13. Wonder who from the anti-gun/pro-strict-gun-control...

...posters in this group will step up and denounce this disgusting advocacy for genocide?


None? Not surprising.

[Melissa G]

14. better to alert on poor posts

than to feed them.

[Simo 1939_1940]

16. It's interesting how all of the faux-compassionate folks here would assail Limpballs

for such a remark, but let slime like this slide. The layers of hypocrisy displayed by the "compassionate restrictionists" run miles deep.