US Congress: 116 Now Oppose UN Gun Control-Will It Matter?

The continually developing story of the two U.N. treaties that President Obama intends to sign continues to provoke controversy around the country today. The two treaties, the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) or “small arms treaty,” have created a firestorm of protest among citizens who see both as a threat to American freedom and U.S. sovereignty.

Today the controversy continues as one nationally known blogger and investigative reporter stated that if the small arms treaty is signed by Obama and approved by the Senate, the first time that the government attempts to enforce it will lead directly to civil war.

Among gun rights and liberty enthusiasts, Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars became a household name along with National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea when the two broke the story of the gargantuan Fast and Furious scandal in December of 2010.

The scandal has so engulfed the Obama administration that Attorney General Eric Holder was found in to be in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over to Congress key documents that are needed to complete the ongoing investigation. Holder is the first attorney general in U.S. history to be held in contempt.

Vanderboegh commented today on the controversial U.N. small arms treaty, stating that he has concluded that he will not worry about the issue. However, he issued the following warning:

This is one of a hundred things I refuse to worry about. Let ‘em pass it and sign the damn thing. The first time they use it for an excuse to further circumscribe our rights here, somebody will likely get shot, and so on, and so on, until the civil war they start is won by the Three Percent.

The “three percent” about which Vanderboegh speaks is the commonly accepted standard going back to the American Revolution which maintains that it only takes three percent of the population, provided they are trained, well armed, and dedicated to fight to the finish, in order for a resistance movement to beat an oppressive government, such as King George’s British army.

As Vanderboegh states in the side bar of his blog, “The Three Percent are the folks the Founders counted on to save the Republic when everyone else abandoned it.”

But it appears that Vanderboegh will not have to count on the three percent in this instance. The small arms treaty is having a difficult time gaining enough support in the Senate to uphold Obama’s signature. A treaty, although signed by a president, must gain 67 votes in the Senate in order for it to become the law of the land.

At this point 58 senators, 45 Republicans and 13 Democrats, have signed a letter stating they oppose the U.N. small arms treaty.

Yesterday the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre reminded the United Nations of the letter, which was first submitted last year, indicating broad, bipartisan opposition. The only chance, apparently, that the treaty has of being approved is an underhanded maneuver on the part of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to slip the treaty onto the docket for a floor vote during the lame duck session after the November elections.

Even then, however, the measure would still have difficulty due to the fact that 13 Democrats are on the record opposing it.

The other treaty in question, LOST, is much more dangerous due to the fact that its chances of being approved are much greater than that of ATT. Sixteen Republican senators have yet to decide or have declared in favor of LOST. All 53 Democratic senators are expected to vote in favor.

If only three of the remaining 16 Republican holdouts declare their opposition to LOST, then the treaty will fail to get the required 67 votes to pass.

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