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I read through the Arms Trade Treaty when it was first announced in 2011. It has nothing to do with domestic firearms ownership or commerce. It's an agreement (with no enforcement mechanism) that countries won't sell or funnel guns to other countries in which there are civil wars and such.
(A brief review of our actions during the Cold War shows how hypocritical it would be for us to ratify it.)
Even so, we never signed it. It's a non-issue.
The only reason I can see for the President to dredge this up is because he needs to use it as a smokescreen to distract us from his wretched lack of support for the 2nd Amendment. I'm sad to see that it's working.
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Sometimes it’s nice not to destroy the world for a change.
--Randall Munroe
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