Those Who Would Dominate Us Will First Deny Us Our Arms
By Edward Wimberley
Posted November 15, 2009
For those who may have thought my earlier commentary on the administration’s interest in denying us our Second Amendment rights was off the mark, you might want to take note that the Obama administration has recently joined a number of other nations supporting the Conference on Arms Treaty (CAT).
This treaty, if adopted, would create a set of international standards that would effectively provide for more stringent regulation and transfer of conventional weapons. This is a reversal of the Bush administration’s policy and will result in the international regulation of conventional arms imported into the U.S. for use by citizens.
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has been an advocate of this treaty, as has her husband, former President Bill Clinton who has observed that “Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly.”
Former Secretary of State John Bolton, on the other hand, has been vociferous in his opposition to this proposed treaty saying
“The administration is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there’s no doubt – as was the case back over a decade ago – that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control.”
“There’s never been any doubt when these groups talk about saying they only want to prohibit illicit international trafficking in small arms and light weapons, it begs the whole question of what’s legal and what’s not legal. And many of the implications of these treaty negotiations are very much in their domestic application. So whatever the appearance on the surface, there’s no doubt that domestic firearm control is right at the top of their agenda.”
Likewise, former congressman Bob Barr warned that,
“Even though [treaty advocates] all say, ‘We are not going to involve domestic laws and the right to keep and bear arms, that won’t be affected by all this,’ that’s nonsense.” “There’s no way that if you buy into something like this and a treaty is passed regulating to ensure that firearms transfers internationally don’t fall into the hands of people that the U.N. doesn’t like, there’s no way that that mechanism will work unless you have some form of national regulation and national tracking.”
Not only is this treaty a direct attack upon citizen Second Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution, it is also an attempt to circumvent U.S. constitutional law with international law imposed upon the public by this treaty. In this manner they seek to bypass U.S. constitutional authority.
We should consider these developments and reflect upon the warning from the Father of our country George Washington,
“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
Now is a very good time to take this admonition to heart and contact the White House and Congress urging them to nix this effort, and to not ratify the treaty if the President and his administration sign it.
These developments should principally serve to convince the skeptical that this President is hell-bent to rob us of our Second Amendment rights and we don’t have to study his words or his actions very deeply to know why?
Those who would dominate us will first deny us our arms!
Veritas Libertas is dedicated to commenting upon those issues that serve to either limit or promote truth and liberty in our society. The blog asserts that truth in media, politics and government promotes liberty whereas deception and spin contribute to enslavement and tyranny. Consequently, this blog provides a commentary on local, regional, national and international issues where truth and liberty are at stake. Edward T. Wimberley is an educator and Presbyterian minister. He specializes in a number of areas involving public policy to include aging, health policy, environmental health, environmental policy and law, ecological philosophy and ethics, human ecology and more. His newest book is with Johns Hopkins University Press and is entitled Nested Ecology: The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy. He has also co-authored a text on health policy and published more than 50 articles in a variety of professional journals. Dr. Wimberley holds a B.A. in psychology from Stetson University, a M.Div. degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a M.S.W. from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Social Work, and a Ph.D. in public affairs from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wimberley has taught at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the Founding Dean of the Colleges of Education and Professional Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Wimberley is also a 1989-1990 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.
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