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U.N.
PASSES SWEEPING ARMS TRADE TREATY
Critics worry pact may lead to interference
with 2nd Amendment
Published: 3 days ago
(WASHINGTONTIMES) — The
United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping,
first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade, brushing
aside worries from U.S. gun rights advocates that the pact could lead to a
national firearms registry and disrupt the American gun market.
The long-debated U.N.
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) requires countries to regulate and control the export
of weaponry such as battle tanks, combat vehicles and aircraft and attack
helicopters, as well as parts and ammunition for such weapons. It also provides
that signatories will not violate arms embargoes, international treaties
regarding illicit trafficking, or sell weaponry to a countries for genocide,
crimes against humanity or other war crimes.
With the Obama
administration supporting the final treaty draft, the General Assembly vote was
154 to 3, with 23 abstentions.
American gun rights
activists, though, insist the treaty is riddled with loopholes and is
unworkable in part because it includes “small arms and light weapons” in its
list of weaponry subject to international regulations. They do not trust U.N.
assertions that the pact is meant to regulate only cross-border trade and would
have no impact on domestic U.S. laws and markets.
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