U.N. Gun Control Treaty Effective Christmas Eve — Pro-Firearm Advocates ‘Worried’

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Posted November 14, 2014 4:06 am by Comments

By Fred Lucas

This May 29, 2014 photo shows Thompson automatic submachine guns that are being put up for auction by the St. Louis Police Department on display at police headquarters in St. Louis. St. Louis police took them out of service perhaps 60 years ago, but 29 are still stored in a basement bunker at the Police Academy downtown, with a 30th in the crime lab. Chief Sam Dotson and some collectors think it may be the biggest police-owned stock of Thompsons in the United States. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Second Amendment advocates are concerned that the Obama administration will use a United Nations treaty as a basis for executive action on gun control.

The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty is set to take effect on Christmas Eve 2014. Though the United States delegation to the U.N. has supported the treaty, it has very little chance of being ratified by two-thirds of the Senate. But there is still reason for concern, said Catherine Mortensen, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association.

“We are worried about an end-run around Congress,” Mortensen told TheBlaze. “Barack Obama or a future anti-gun …read more

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