UNITED NATIONS (TheBlaze/AP) — More than 60 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong kickoff to the first major international anti-gun campaign. The global body claims the treaty will help stem the illicit trade in weapons that fuel conflicts and extremists.
The announcement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the U.S. – the world’s largest arms dealer – will sign is critical to the treaty’s passage, but the measure’s ultimate strength rests on support by all major arms exporters and importers. While the treaty was overwhelmingly approved on April 2 by the U.N. General Assembly, key arms exporters including Russia and China and major importers including India, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Egypt abstained and have given no indication yet that they will sign it.
Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have opposed the treaty over concerns it could lead to new gun control measures in the United States.
Signatures are the first step to ratification, and the treaty will only take effect after 50 countries ratify it.
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6 comments:
Come get mine, anytime you want.
What gives Kerry the right to sign this against the vote of Congress?
John Kerry is a filthy pig.
He's a coward that lobbied congress to stop fighting the Communists in 1971.
Now he takes orders from one.
what can congress do about this? his actions are not only against the will of the people, but of the people's representatives. this must be challenged in a court of law. not constitutional...
I think it's time for the U.S. to bow out of the U.N. with this proposal being put to us. We are the only country with a 2nd Amendment in our Constitution, and there is no negotiating that, so that leaves us with only one other choice.
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