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UN adopts pact to regulate multibillion-dollar global arms trade | Fox News
This is unlikely to be ratified by the US Senate since the Senate has already voted not to do so.
The NRA sees the treaty as a threat to 2nd Amendment rights although treaties don't trump the Constitution. It's not clear to me how this treaty would be a hinderance to American gun owners.
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade.
The resolution adopting the landmark treaty was approved by a vote of 154 to 3 with 23 abstentions.
The 193-member world body voted after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked its adoption by consensus at a negotiating conference last Thursday. The three countries voted "no" on the resolution.
This is unlikely to be ratified by the US Senate since the Senate has already voted not to do so.
The NRA sees the treaty as a threat to 2nd Amendment rights although treaties don't trump the Constitution. It's not clear to me how this treaty would be a hinderance to American gun owners.