Vanderboegh warns of civil war if UN small arms treaty enforced
http://www.examiner.com/article/vanderboegh-warns-of-civil-war-if-un-small-arms-treaty-enforced
SMALL ARMS TREATYJULY 12, 2012BY: ANTHONY MARTIN
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As Vanderboegh states in the side bar of his blog, "The Three Percent are the folks the Founders counted on to save the Republic when everyone else abandoned it."
But it appears that Vanderboegh will not have to count on the three percent in this instance. The small arms treaty is having a difficult time gaining enough support in the Senate to uphold Obama's signature. A treaty, although signed by a president, must gain 67 votes in the Senate in order for it to become the law of the land.
At this point 58 senators, 45 Republicans and 13 Democrats, have signed a letter stating they oppose the U.N. small arms treaty.
Yesterday the NRA's Wayne LaPierre reminded the United Nations of the letter, which was first submitted last year, indicating broad, bipartisan opposition. The only chance, apparently, that the treaty has of being approved is an underhanded maneuver on the part of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to slip the treaty onto the docket for a floor vote during the lame duck session after the November elections.
Even then, however, the measure would still have difficulty due to the fact that 13 Democrats are on the record opposing it.
The other treaty in question, LOST, is much more dangerous due to the fact that its chances of being approved are much greater than that of ATT. Sixteen Republican senators have yet to decide or have declared in favor of LOST. All 53 Democratic senators are expected to vote in favor. |
