People posting and representing this nonsense as a current domestic issue are pushing their own agendas and insulting your intelligence. All of the information, documents and even the officials shown in that video are from 2001 - 2004.
The proposed treaty in question deals with regulation of the international firearms trade particularly to regions of conflict and oppressive regimes - nothing to do with US domestic firearms policies. Here's a link to the treaty's summary:
http://www.un.org/disarmament/convar...html/ATT.shtml
The UN has always been a platform for people lobbying on behalf of everything from whaling to banning fur coats to the plight of cane toad in Australia. Nothing new here.
The UN CANNOT take away your constitutional RKBA. No US president - even the furthest left leaning - would be foolish enough to try to revoke 2A rights. Focus inwards on intelligent discourse countering the wide-eyed ranting of the Brady Bunch and their supporters to keep firearm ownership by law abiding citizens in a positive light.
Wide-eyed alarmism like the BS presented here by pied pipers masquerading as your friends is just as detrimental to the RKBA as the anti-gun propoganda spouted by the Brady bunch and their followers in that it plays up to the stereotype of pro-gun activists being a bunch of whacked out idiots. People that rally support by playing on fears and deep emotions have their own agendas and care little about you or your rights.
What business is this of mine - a foreigner who doesn't live in the US? A lot actually, because the upholding of the American belief in the rights of citizens to defend themselves and their families is one powerful, shining beacon to free societies around the world of the reality that weakening the the law abiding citizen serves only to strengthen and embolden the criminals and enemies of freedom. If the US RKBA is ever lost, it would pave the way for tyrannical disarmament of citizens around the world.
The most powerful weapon in the arsenal of those who believe in the RKBA is the vote. Keep the intelligent discourse open and ensure that it remains clear to all political leaders and aspiring political leaders that tampering with the 2A is political suicide.
People who use BS to trump up non-issues and promote irrational emotionalism and fear mongering about the issue to enhance their own popularity should be given the heave-ho as well.
