US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) votes the UN Small Arms Treaty over the Constitution? - Granite Grok

US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) votes the UN Small Arms Treaty over the Constitution?

“”To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.“”

Jeanne Shaheen Wicked WitchGuess how our Senior Senator from NH, Jeanne Shaheen voted?

The UN just passed their Small Arms Treaty that may well run into our Constitution – specifically the Second Amendment (here, here).  It also is a snare’s nest that may well be able to trump the US’s ability to set and sign trade treaties with other countries.  Like Obamacare when it passed, we may well not know all of the ramifications of this treaty that seems to tilt towards despots than legit democracies.  And being the hated US, coupled with the fact that we are only one of three countries that have gun ownership rights in their Constitutions, makes us the target.  In response, Senator Inhofe sponsored Amendment 139 (the above text)  to the current budget bill now going through the Senate – it passed 53-46.  ‘Grok friend Warner Todd Huston reports:

Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) offered Amendment 139 that was passed with a 53 to 46 vote. His Amendment contained language to affirm that foreign treaties would not trump the U.S. Constitution.  “Mr. President,” Inhofe said on the floor of the Senate, “I want to make sure that everyone understands what the United Nations trade treaty is. The trade treaty is a treaty that cedes our authority to have trade agreements with our allies in terms of trading arms.”

He went on to say, “I want to very briefly read this so nobody over there or over here misunderstands what this amendment does. This is right out of the amendment. Uphold the Second Amendment rights, that is one thing. And secondly, prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations arms trade treaties.”

But many Democrats simply didn’t agree with Inhofe’s insistence that the U.S. Constitution trump the UN.

Too bad, Shaheen decided to be with the 46 who decided that the UN deserved more of their heart than the US Constitution – so much for Honoring Her Oath, eh?  Iguess that she’d rather cede our sovereignty in certain areas to the UN?  What else can you say – this amendment was not even a one page!  A single sentence affirming the Second Amendment that enshrines pre-existent Rights of American citizens.

The New American has been in NY covering the treaty negotiations and reports:

…negotiators at the Arms Trade Treaty conference are planning to effectively repeal the Second Amendment by replacing the Constitution with the UN Charter and by replacing God with government as the source of all rights, including the right to keep and bear arms.

Principally, this treaty would eradicate the Second Amendment in two ways: first, by mandating that state signatories create a registry of gun owners, manufacturers, sellers, and traders; second, by making it nearly impossible for civilians to purchase ammunition.

This certainly fits the meme of most of the Democrats around the nation and in DC – disarm US Citizens; did I mention Jeanne is a Democrat?  After all, even Vice-President Joe “If it only saves one life!” Biden (aka “Shotgun Joe”) said that current activities were only the first step.  Is this UN treaty showing what that last step is?

Nice that the Constitution won – but by only 7 votes?  Has the Democrat Party gone that Left, like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in that its precepts can be trumped by outside interests?

(H/T: Publius Forum)

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