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abbafandr:

--- Quote from: Lorimor on April 02, 2013, 05:14:25 PM ---Johanns is retiring.  He really doesn't care what we think.
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Sadly, that may be too true. :(

GreyGeek:

--- Quote from: NE Bull on April 02, 2013, 04:54:54 PM ---he has let me/us down recently (see Monsanto Protection act)
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I was really disappointed at that.

unfy:
BTW, AFAIK we didn't ratify this treaty... it failed here.

GreyGeek:

--- Quote from: unfy on April 05, 2013, 12:53:09 AM ---BTW, AFAIK we didn't ratify this treaty... it failed here.
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Apparently not.   In a dictatorship what the Senate votes against doesn't seem to matter, espeically if the Senators aren't willing to put their name behind their vote.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/040413-650572-us-agrees-to-un-global-gun-control.htm

--- Quote ---Global Gun Control: Despite a prior Senate rebuff, President Obama will likely sign and push a treaty embraced by the world's oppressors and thugs who fear armed citizens.

The treaty's prior rejection by the Senate 53-46 in a nonbinding test vote as part of the budget debate in a body where a two-thirds vote to ratify is required would seem to doom the United Nations pact endorsed by the Obama administration.

However, the president will likely sign it and, as is his custom these days, try to enforce key provisions by stealth, executive order and by "common-sense" regulations and restrictions.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that the White House was pleased with the outcome, but "as is the case with all treaties of this nature, we will follow normal procedures to conduct a thorough review of the treaty text to determine whether to sign the treaty."

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But, the challenge has been made:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/2/texas-ag-obama-ill-sue-if-un-arms-treaty-ratified/

--- Quote ---Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Obama on Tuesday saying that the state will head to court over the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty should Mr. Obama sign it and the U.S. Senate ratify it.

“The UN has concluded its negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty,” Mr. Abbotwrites. “It is now up to you to sign it — or reject it. Do not sign this treaty.”

Mr. Abbott writes that he understands the apparent purpose is to combat illegal arms trafficking around the world, but that the treaty could draw law-abiding gun owners and gun operators “into a complex web of bureaucratic red tape created by a new department at the UN devoted to overseeing the treaty.”

“As with most so-called international-law documents promulgated by the UN, the draft treaty is not written using the precise, unambiguous language required of a good legal document,” he continues. “Instead, the treaty employs sweeping rhetoric and imprecise terminology that could be used by those who seek to undermine our liberties to impose any number of restrictions on the right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms.”r

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