BELLEVUE, WA - Less than 24 hours
after winning re-election, President Barack Obama’s administration joined with
China, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and more than 150 other
governments, in supporting renewed debate on the proposed United Nations Arms
Trade Treaty, confirming the worst fears of the American gun rights community.
The vote came at the U.N. General
Assembly’s meeting of the First Committee on Disarmament at the world
organization’s headquarters in New York City.
“It’s obvious that our warnings over
the past several months have been true,” said Alan Gottlieb, founder and
executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. “The election was
called about 11 p.m. Tuesday and by 11 a.m. this morning, we got word that the
United States was supporting this resolution. We have to be more vigilant in
our efforts to stop this proposed treaty.”
SAF Operations Director Julianne
Versnel, who has been back and forth to the United Nations over this proposal,
said the fight is not finished. The measure will be considered for finalization
in March 2013.
“We will continue to monitor this
issue and oppose any effort to enforce a global gun control measure,” she
stated.
Amnesty International issued a
statement Wednesday lauding passage of the resolution, saying the treaty will
protect human rights.
“The right of self-defense is a
human right,” Gottlieb countered, “and in this country, the Second Amendment
protects that right.
“Just days ago as he campaigned for
re-election,” he concluded, “Barack Obama told his supporters that voting is
the best revenge.’ I guess now we know what he was talking about. The revenge
he seeks is against American gun owners and their Second Amendment rights.”
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