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Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by Signals
reply to post by Kali74
States?
We have God-given INDIVIDUAL rights, nothing to do with states or governments
please, you don't have a GOD-GIVEN second amendment right...it's a man-made right, which by the way for those who are getting ready to flame me, i believe in the second amendment
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by jimmyx
Not to mention this:
Principles
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
States Parties, in promoting the object and purpose of this Treaty and implementing
its provisions, shall act in accordance with the following principles:
1. The inherent right of all States to individual or collective self-defence;
UN Arms Trade Treaty
Originally posted by Golf66
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by jimmyx
Not to mention this:
Principles
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
States Parties, in promoting the object and purpose of this Treaty and implementing
its provisions, shall act in accordance with the following principles:
1. The inherent right of all States to individual or collective self-defence;
UN Arms Trade Treaty
I don't see anywhere in there that allows firearms expressly.
There is a Democrat State Senator Evie Hudak, in Colorado who thinks guns are not necessary for self defense and told a rape victim that having a firearm for defense was actually more dangerous than not having one. So I guess self defense is an open ended thing... I don't trust the idiots at the UN to decide what I can and cannot have for self defense purposes. I mean these are the same people who put nations like Libya and Sudan on the Human Rights Counsel - their judgment is suspect in my opinion. Besides I don't have any elected representation in the UN (nor do I want any BTW) for all I care they can go pound sand into thier 4th point of contact.
I once fought for my life in a city in Somalia called Mogadishu, perhaps you heard of it. All the while a force of UN personnel with armored vehicles let us get fired up for almost 24 hours outnumbered 500:1 while they decided what to "do".
They are about as effective an organization as the tits on my boar hogs... They hang around and there are plenty of them but they are useless none the less well sometimes they even get infected which is a special treat...
Originally posted by Cabin
Originally posted by Golf66
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by jimmyx
Not to mention this:
Principles
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
States Parties, in promoting the object and purpose of this Treaty and implementing
its provisions, shall act in accordance with the following principles:
1. The inherent right of all States to individual or collective self-defence;
UN Arms Trade Treaty
I don't see anywhere in there that allows firearms expressly.
There is a Democrat State Senator Evie Hudak, in Colorado who thinks guns are not necessary for self defense and told a rape victim that having a firearm for defense was actually more dangerous than not having one. So I guess self defense is an open ended thing... I don't trust the idiots at the UN to decide what I can and cannot have for self defense purposes. I mean these are the same people who put nations like Libya and Sudan on the Human Rights Counsel - their judgment is suspect in my opinion. Besides I don't have any elected representation in the UN (nor do I want any BTW) for all I care they can go pound sand into thier 4th point of contact.
I once fought for my life in a city in Somalia called Mogadishu, perhaps you heard of it. All the while a force of UN personnel with armored vehicles let us get fired up for almost 24 hours outnumbered 500:1 while they decided what to "do".
They are about as effective an organization as the tits on my boar hogs... They hang around and there are plenty of them but they are useless none the less well sometimes they even get infected which is a special treat...
Why not taser or pepper spray as a self defense? Something that is extremely unlikely to kill somebody, although it disables the assaulter for a while, so you can run away or scream help.
Originally posted by Cabin
Why not taser or pepper spray as a self defense? Something that is extremely unlikely to kill somebody, although it disables the assaulter for a while, so you can run away or scream help.
Originally posted by Signals
We were 4 votes away from allowing the UN to come in and DISARM ALL OF US.
Originally posted by Signals
As you probably know, the UN Small Arms Treaty just barely failed in the Senate, 53-46.
The vote was held March 23, 2013, 04:30 AM.
Statement of Purpose: To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
The following Senators voted (NAY), in other words, to accept the treaty, therefore surrendering your Second Amendment right -
Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cowan (D-MA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
www.senate.gov...
Traitors, every last one of them...Conspirators to undermine the Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court has made it very clear that
1) Treaties do not override the U.S. Constitution.
2) Treaties cannot amend the Constitution. And last,
3) A treaty can be nullified by a statute passed by the U.S. Congress (or by a sovereign State or States if Congress refuses to do so), when the State deems a treaty the performance of a treaty is self-destructive. The law of self-preservation overrules the law of obligation in others.
www.sweetliberty.org...
en.wikipedia.org...
We were 4 votes away from allowing the UN to come in and DISARM ALL OF US.
Who are the real Terrorists, America?
When will they be arrested and held without bail for trial?
edit on 24-3-2013 by Signals because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cabin
I truly do not get the whole guns and America topic. Round here nearly no one has guns. I have never seen a gun in my life on the hands of a civilian, except in TV and police offers in the air port. I do not personally know anybody who owns a gun. I have never heard a gun shot. I am in my mid-twenties and I am happy about my choice
My country signed the contract and I do not see anything wrong with it, perfectly normal action from any civilized country in my opinion.
I will probably never understand the Americans...edit on 25-3-2013 by Cabin because: (no reason given)