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Old April 14, 2010, 03:09 PM   #1
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Obama's agenda on gun control

Note the URL had a quite different text than posted - thus I edited it to reflect the actual story - GEM


http://www.reuters.com/article/polit...59E0Q920091015
U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade
The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would support the talks as long as the negotiating forum, the so-called Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, "operates under the rules of consensus decision-making."

"Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly," Clinton said in a written statement.

While praising the Obama administration's decision to overturn the Bush-era policy and to proceed with negotiations to regulate conventional arms sales, some groups criticized the U.S. insistence that decisions on the treaty be unanimous.

"The shift in position by the world's biggest arms exporter is a major breakthrough in launching formal negotiations at the United Nations in order to prevent irresponsible arms transfers," Amnesty International and Oxfam International said in a joint statement.

However, they said insisting that decisions on the treaty be made by consensus "could fatally weaken a final deal."

"Governments must resist US demands to give any single state the power to veto the treaty as this could hold the process hostage during the course of negotiations. We call on all governments to reject such a veto clause," said Oxfam International's policy adviser Debbie Hillier.

The proposed legally binding treaty would tighten regulation of, and set international standards for, the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons.

Supporters say it would give worldwide coverage to close gaps in existing regional and national arms export control systems that allow weapons to pass onto the illicit market.

Nations would remain in charge of their arms export control arrangements but would be legally obliged to assess each export against criteria agreed under the treaty. Governments would have to authorize transfers in writing and in advance.

The main opponent of the treaty in the past was the U.S. Bush administration, which said national controls were better. Last year, the United States accounted for more than two-thirds of some $55.2 billion in global arms transfer deals.

Arms exporters China, Russia and Israel abstained last year in a U.N. vote on the issue.

The proposed treaty is opposed by conservative U.S. think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, which said last month that it would not restrict the access of "dictators and terrorists" to arms but would be used to reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend their people.

The U.S. lobbying group the National Rifle Association has also opposed the treaty.

A resolution before the U.N. General Assembly is sponsored by seven nations including major arms exporter Britain. It calls for preparatory meetings in 2010 and 2011 for a conference to negotiate a treaty in 2012.
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:16 PM   #2
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Oh dear, not this e-mail again.

"Wed, Oct 14 2009"
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:17 PM   #3
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Oh for ****'s sake, do people really believe this nonsense?

Please, everyone do a little research on the difference between buying a gun and the INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE. This has NO EFFECT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, nor will it ever. You cannot use the State Department to "bypass Congress." To believe this, you have to know absolutely nothing about how the US government or international law works.
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:24 PM   #4
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And this is why we can't have nice things.
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:28 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by johnbt
Oh dear, not this e-mail again.

"Wed, Oct 14 2009"
Exactly.

It's perhaps worth pointing out that only the first two paragraphs of the above post actually come from the referenced article.

The rest is the usual inaccurate, inflammatory, fear-mongering... um, cowpats.
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:28 PM   #6
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LOL

LOL -

In before the lock...

Seriously, check things before posting. This way you do not look foolish.
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:32 PM   #7
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Hah, I'm going to bury my guns out in the woods right now! Then let see Obama try to find 'em!
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:35 PM   #8
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I do not have the knowledge and expertise to write a rebuttal regarding the original post but, is there anyone in the forum who can write a short synopsis as to why the situation addressed is not plausible?
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:38 PM   #9
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is there anyone in the forum who can write a short synopsis as to why the situation addressed is not plausible?
The U.S. Constitution 2nd ammendment makes it not plausible.

Here are more detailed rebuttals:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...ghlight=treaty
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=406294
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Old April 14, 2010, 03:53 PM   #10
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As Mike Irwin wrote when he closed yet another of these threads:
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It's pretty damned sad that people read this and can't see, right off the bat, that the entire premise flies in the face of US Constitutional Law.
Yah...

It's a pity that some people don't put the same effort into understanding the Constitution that they put into spreading this kind of garbage.

It would surely save the mods a spot of bother...
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Old April 14, 2010, 04:36 PM   #11
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Old April 14, 2010, 04:39 PM   #12
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I think the next person that posts this without a check gets banned. Or misrepresents a story - no more chances.

And the rest of you, just PM us or notify us.

Closed with extreme prejudice.
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