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| Subject: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:10 pm | |
| I'm a bit late to the party, but I just discovered this bill that is being decided by Congress, H.R. 3594, also known as the "Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011." If signed into law, it will prohibit the United Nations, a treaty, or any other international organization from attempting to regulate or ban firearms in the United States. It also has provisions that state that if the United Nations attempts to ban or regulate guns in the future, that the US will cease funding the United Nations. It wouldn't only protect gun rights though, it would protect all ten of the Bill of Rights from being taken away by the United Nations. According to polls over 90% of the American people support the bill passing ( source). I already wrote my Representative and urged him to vote in favor of the bill and urged my friends and family to do the same. Here's the full text of the bill: - Spoiler:
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of citizens of the United States.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011'.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. (a) Findings- The Congress finds that--
*(1) it is the constitutional power of Congress to determine United States foreign policy through the ratification of international treaties and adoption of laws;
*(2) by prematurely signing treaties and executive agreements, Presidents of the United States have opened the door for international organizations to unilaterally regulate the lives of citizens of the United States;
*(3) these international agreements, laws, and regulations are being applied domestically in the United States through the Supremacy Clause, which states, `This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding';
*(4) the Supremacy Clause is useful to supersede conflicting Federal and State laws;
*(5) international and transnational organizations force their rules on people of the United States through conventions, multilateral agreements, and nonratified treaties, such as agreements that affect the private ownership of firearms by law-abiding citizens; and
*(6) United States sovereignty is risked by domestic legal applicability of international treaties and executive agreements that have not been voted on and congressionally adopted through formal processes which pose a threat to national sovereignty and the liberty of the people of the United States, including fundamental rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms.
(b) Sense of the Congress- That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so.
SEC. 3. CONDITIONAL PROHIBITION ON UNITED NATIONS FUNDING. (a) In General- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States may not provide any funding to the United Nations for a fiscal year unless, before the last day of the preceding fiscal year, the President makes the certification described in subsection (b).
(b) Certification- The certification described in this subsection is a certification submitted to the Congress by the President, that states that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe on the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, including by imposing burdens on international commerce, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of citizens of the United States.
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| | | NiteKrawler Uroboros
NiteKrawler Posts : 7504 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:19 pm | |
| Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves a bit? I mean just assuming the UN would ever do anything is a pretty lofty ambition. |
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| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:43 pm | |
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| | | NiteKrawler Uroboros
NiteKrawler Posts : 7504 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:14 pm | |
| - 保守的な wrote:
Are you joking? Um. Yeah. Thought it was obvious. I was joking about how the UN never actually does anything. - Spoiler:
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| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:31 pm | |
| - NiteKrawler wrote:
- 保守的な wrote:
Are you joking? Um. Yeah. Thought it was obvious. I was joking about how the UN never actually does anything.
- Spoiler:
That's because you misinterpret what the United Nations goal is. To bring peace and prosperity to conflict regions? Hell no. To subjugate the world, destroy nation states (such as America), and centralize power at the top? Yes. |
| | | NiteKrawler Uroboros
NiteKrawler Posts : 7504 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:32 pm | |
| - 保守的な wrote:
- NiteKrawler wrote:
- 保守的な wrote:
Are you joking? Um. Yeah. Thought it was obvious. I was joking about how the UN never actually does anything.
- Spoiler:
That's because you misinterpret what the United Nations goal is. To bring peace and prosperity to conflict regions? Hell no.
To subjugate the world, destroy nation states (such as America), and centralize power at the top? Yes. lol u paranoid bro? Illuminati shit right there. |
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| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:07 pm | |
| My Federal Representative still hasn't responded to my e-mail regarding this. And a week ago I e-mailed my Federal Representative and both of my Federal Senators regarding another issue, and none of them replied to those either. I just lost a lot of respect for all three of them. A representative who doesn't listen to their constituents, shouldn't be a representative at all. |
| | | NiteKrawler Uroboros
NiteKrawler Posts : 7504 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: The government is actually doing something good for once? Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:23 pm | |
| - 保守的な wrote:
- My Federal Representative still hasn't responded to my e-mail regarding this. And a week ago I e-mailed my Federal Representative and both of my Federal Senators regarding another issue, and none of them replied to those either. I just lost a lot of respect for all three of them. A representative who doesn't listen to their constituents, shouldn't be a representative at all.
AMERICA!!! |
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