U.N. Gun Ban Moving Toward Ratification

For years, the United Nations has been working on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that would regulate small arms on a global scale. President George W. Bush took the U.S. out of negotiations, because he did not want any involvement in a treaty that would infringe on our Second Amendment rights.

Predictably, Barack Obama put us back at the table. And after a few years of meetings, with the U.S. stepping out briefly, only to give some space during the presidential election, the U.N. General Assembly announced they had signed off on terms: “The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a “sweeping, first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade.” READ MORE