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#1 ·
Well some thought it was a possibility , but some won't be surprised at all about this.

After Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks | Reuters

(Reuters) - Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade.
U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies.
The month-long talks at U.N. headquarters broke off after the United States - along with Russia and other major arms producers - said it had problems with the draft treaty and asked for more time.
But the U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee moved quickly after Obama's win to approve a resolution calling for a new round of talks March 18-28. It passed with 157 votes in favor, none against and 18 abstentions.
U.N. diplomats said the vote had been expected before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election but was delayed due to Superstorm Sandy, which caused a three-day closure of the United Nations last week.
An official at the U.S. mission said Washington's objectives have not changed.
"We seek a treaty that contributes to international security by fighting illicit arms trafficking and proliferation, protects the sovereign right of states to conduct legitimate arms trade, and meets the concerns that we have been articulating throughout," the official said.
"We will not accept any treaty that infringes on the constitutional rights of our citizens to bear arms," he said.
U.S. officials have acknowledged privately that the treaty under discussion would have no effect on domestic gun sales and ownership because it would apply only to exports.
The main reason the arms trade talks are taking place at all is that the United States - the world's biggest arms trader accounting for more than 40 percent of global conventional arms transfers - reversed U.S. policy on the issue after Obama was first elected and decided in 2009 to support a treaty.
'MONTHS AWAY' FROM DEAL?
Countries that abstained included Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Belarus, Cuba and Iran. China, a major arms producer that has traditionally abstained, voted in favor.
Among the top six arms-exporting nations, Russia cast the only abstention. Britain, France and Germany joined China and the United States in support of the resolution.
The measure now goes to the 193-nation General Assembly for a formal vote. It is expected to pass.
The resolution said countries are "determined to build on the progress made to date towards the adoption of a strong, balanced and effective Arms Trade Treaty."
Jeff Abramson, director of Control Arms, a coalition of advocacy groups, urged states to agree on stringent provisions.
"In Syria, we have seen the death toll rise well over 30,000, with weapons and ammunition pouring in the country for months now," he said. "We need a treaty that will set tough rules to control the arms trade, that will save lives and truly make the world a better place."
Brian Wood of Amnesty International said: "After today's resounding vote, if the larger arms trading countries show real political will in the negotiations, we're only months away from securing a new global deal that has the potential to stop weapons reaching those who seriously abuse human rights."
The treaty would require states to make respecting human rights a criterion for allowing arms exports.
Britain's U.N. mission said on its Twitter feed it hoped that the March negotiations would yield the final text of a treaty. Such a pact would then need to be ratified by the individual signatories before it could enter into force.
The National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. interest group, strongly opposes the arms treaty and had endorsed Romney.
The United States has denied it sought to delay negotiations for political reasons, saying it had genuine problems with the draft as written.



Abukai,
I did say this was going to get ugly.
 
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#2 ·
Yep, they wasted no time at all. Yeah, and many gunowners voted for this on Tuesday. They claimed that "he hasn't come after our guns before" and "he doesn't want to take away our guns". Yep, some people are just blind, deaf and dumb when it comes to reality. Even many Jews thought Adolf Hitler was "just kidding" in 1932 Germany when he came to power - guess they didn't take the threat seriously until they ended up at the camps and saw the chimney smoke and asked the SS guards "what you cooking?".

 
#4 ·
china will support it in public but sell arms to everybody anyway.

like what is the USA gonna do when a PDRC ship rolls into some ME port full of AK and RPGs?

i think the UN thing is to regulate US arms and arms makers--a direct assault on the US and the 2nd--

notice none of the countries spreading communism or world wide terror are on the list and they are the big suppliers today--

lets just see if IRAN signs off on it--?? hell if they do they will ship anyway--so what is the point?

what a foolish bunch of world leaders.

in Syria the guns and ammo were all part of assads regime --mostly brought in from the USSR, china and lately IRAN--anyway how is strict laws going to do ANYTHING to prevent deaths in a ALL OUT WAR that is supported by IRAN and Saudi??

it would be laughable if it wasn't true--
 
#5 ·
j4 you nailed it..The U.S. is one of the largest suppliers of military arms too the world..
Now Nappy need tax moniesss toos giviss toos his peoplessss..
Tens of thousands will be laid off in our defense industry..
Yes Sir. China is praying this bill is passed..
They copyright infringe and could care less about our patent rights.. Soon as that bill passes, China gonna be laughing and selling.. What you need, next..$$$$


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