Ok, Larry. On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > I thnk that Tim here is referring to the recently concluded firearms > export treaty talks (which went nowhere btw), intended to restrict the > international traffic of small arms. > > The thing is that many right wing groups automatically concluded that > it meant since the US were involved in the talks, the UN is taking > over the US. Unfortunately those with that opinion seem to show a lot > of issue with reading comprehension, as there was no provision for > that in any of the proposed treaty language. The stupid part of it was > that it would have done a lot to restrict the flow of firearms to > terrorists and groups like AQ, but American and European arms > companies strongly opposed the treaty. The NRA also opposed it > claiming it was against the 2nd Amendment. With such lobbying > opposition the Obama administration ended up scuttling the talks. > > Given that the treaty was entirely devoted to international sales, I > have no idea why the NRA was against it. > > To me it sounds like another case of the Black UN Helicopters. And > those who believe it certain help my 401K, since their sudden uptick > in the demand for tinfoil has caused Reynolds Aluminium stock to > really increase in value. > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The US is not under the jurisdiction of the UN, so even if that was his > > plan, which I doubt, it wouldn't work. Very few US citizens would stand > > for that, including me. > > (I actually had a strong anti-gun control stance until one Mother's Day > > when my son was having lunch at the neighborhood Mexican restaurant when > > the entire front of the place was shot up in a drive-by. Changed my > views > > pretty drastically.) > > > > As for Repubs v Dems...Romney and Obama are the guys, at least this > round. > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:20 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Obama has been trying to use the UN to sneak in gun control. > >> > >> I wasn't talking about Romney in the end, I was talking about > republican V > >> democrat. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
