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Chain Email claims Obama and Clinton engineered a total gun ban in US 

After reading the below email, I then clicked on the link included with the below text. I also re-posted the story in the attached link referred to, which is from Oct. 2009! The question is whether State Department head Hillary Clinton and US President Barack Obama would circumvent US lawmakers to sign an international treaty to ban all gun and ammunition sales to Americans in America. This blogger saw and heard things while in "the zone" in Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina hit. Citizens were hauled off, and herded to makeshift camps and their guns taken away before there was thoughts of providing water, food, and shelter.

WAKE UP AMERICA!! 

Subject: Fw: Clinton signs UN Small Arms Treaty - US Forfeits Gun Rights

While you were watching the oil spill, the New York failed terrorist bombing and other critical crises, Hillary Clinton signed the small arms treaty with the UN. OBAMA FINDS LEGAL WAY AROUND THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND USES IT. IF THIS PASSES, THERE COULD BE WAR.

On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States

On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States. The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms. The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened. 

Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth? What it means is that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in Congress. We will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment. This has happened in other countries, past and present! 

THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR A FALSE WARNING. As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama administration through whatever means necessary, so will gun control. Read the Article U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better. View The Full Article Here 

U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade

By Arshad Mohammed - WASHINGTON | Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:56pm EDT

(Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto.

The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would support the talks as long as the negotiating forum, the so-called Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, "operates under the rules of consensus decision-making."

"Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly," Clinton said in a written statement.

While praising the Obama administration's decision to overturn the Bush-era policy and to proceed with negotiations to regulate conventional arms sales, some groups criticized the U.S. insistence that decisions on the treaty be unanimous.

"The shift in position by the world's biggest arms exporter is a major breakthrough in launching formal negotiations at the United Nations in order to prevent irresponsible arms transfers," Amnesty International and Oxfam International said in a joint statement.

However, they said insisting that decisions on the treaty be made by consensus "could fatally weaken a final deal."

"Governments must resist US demands to give any single state the power to veto the treaty as this could hold the process hostage during the course of negotiations. We call on all governments to reject such a veto clause," said Oxfam International's policy adviser Debbie Hillier.
The proposed legally binding treaty would tighten regulation of, and set international standards for, the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons.

Supporters say it would give worldwide coverage to close gaps in existing regional and national arms export control systems that allow weapons to pass onto the illicit market.

Nations would remain in charge of their arms export control arrangements but would be legally obliged to assess each export against criteria agreed under the treaty. Governments would have to authorize transfers in writing and in advance.

The main opponent of the treaty in the past was the U.S. Bush administration, which said national controls were better. Last year, the United States accounted for more than two-thirds of some $55.2 billion in global arms transfer deals.

Arms exporters China, Russia and Israel abstained last year in a U.N. vote on the issue.
The proposed treaty is opposed by conservative U.S. think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, which said last month that it would not restrict the access of "dictators and terrorists" to arms but would be used to reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend their people.
The U.S. lobbying group the National Rifle Association has also opposed the treaty.
A resolution before the U.N. General Assembly is sponsored by seven nations including major arms exporter Britain. It calls for preparatory meetings in 2010 and 2011 for a conference to negotiate a treaty in 2012.

(Editing by Eric Beech)

Cantor: Over 1.3 Million Votes Cast To Put A Stop To Washington's Never-ending Spending Spree

July 22, 2010, Washington, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) delivered the following floor statement prior to the House’s vote on the eighth YouCut proposal. The spending cut, developed by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) would save $1.2 billion by prohibiting "First-Class" subsidies on Amtrak. The proposal was defeated by a vote of 234 to 179, despite 11 Democrats voting with a unanimous Republican Conference for the spending reduction. After just seven weeks of voting, YouCut has received over 1.3 million votes.

Whip Cantor’s Floor Statement:"With over 1.3 million votes cast and counting, the YouCut movement continues to give people across America a voice to help put a stop to Washington’s never-ending shopping spree.House Republicans have already offered more than $120 billion in common-sense spending reductions. Yet week in and week out, the Majority has astoundingly voted against the will of the people.

Proposed by Congressman Mac Thornberry of Texas, this week’s YouCut winner highlights the latest example of egregious government waste. Despite the fact that only 16 percent of Amtrak passengers choose “sleeper class” fare, which includes a turndown service and private entertainment, taxpayers are on the hook for more than twice as much for these passengers compared to those who ride in coach.During these increasingly tough economic times, is it really fair to ask taxpayers to subsidize turn-down service and pre-paid movies? The American people have emphatically said, NO!!!

Just days ago, four House Democrats bucked their party’s leadership to form a working group they say is devoted to cutting wasteful spending. As my House Republican colleagues and I have said since YouCut’s launch, tackling our staggering national debt is not a partisan calling. It’s an American calling, because our country is at a crossroads.It is only logical that the new Democratic group would support the elimination of first-class Amtrak subsidies and save taxpayers up to $1.2 billion over the next decade. I urge them and as well as all of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in voting to bring this week’s YouCut to the floor for a vote."

H.R. 5741: Universal National Service Act - To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.