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Original Post Date: 2009-05-01 Time: 15:00:09 Posted By: JoAn
From personal observation, the talk among many firearm enthusiests is: Bill Clinton was once a firearm dealers best friend. He will soon be outdone by Obama! The rush to purchase ammo is very real. Many outlets in the Pacific NW, USA are out or in low supply. I was told recently that all ‘once used’ brass from the military is to be shreded. That will prevent it’s sale to those who made a business of reloading cartridges for sale, and from the purists who liked to create their own special loads. Reloading of cartridges is a fun and worthwhile hobby to one who takes shooting seriously. I would think this would also put more strain on the ammo manufactures and most particularly if we go into another ME war in any serious way. Regarding the past short supplies that effected the public: I was told by a former Special Forces veteran who has close connections to one of the larger ammo manufactures that the manufactures are working long shifts in order to resupply the military in Iraq. That meant they were not sending the usual supplies to the commercial outlets and the public took note of the fact that some cartridges were in very short supply. Any one who has further information or input on this subject is encouraged to send your comments or articles to the News From Readers or the Contact Us pages of African Crisis. We have many, over half of our readers are from the USA. We aim to do our part in seeing that the world open their eyes to the truth of communism/socialism and any other ‘ism’ that seeks to destroy us regardless of where our homeland is. JoAn
Submitted by D. Wiesner:
Obama Pushing Treaty To Ban Reloading
Posted by SOF Editor on April 21st, 2009
Remember CANDIDATE Barack Obama? The guy who ‘wasn't going to take away our guns’?
Well, guess what?
Less than 100 days into his administration, he's never met a gun he didn't hate.
A week ago, Obama went to Mexico, whined about the United States, and bemoaned (before the whole world) the fact that he didn't have the political power to take away our semi-automatics. Nevertheless, that
didn't keep him from pushing additional restrictions on American gun owners.
It's called the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials. To be sure, this imponderable title masks a really
nasty piece of work.
First of all, when the treaty purports to ban the ‘illicit’ manufacture of firearms, what does that mean?
1. ‘Illicit manufacturing’ of firearms is defined as “assembly of firearms [or] ammunition… without a license….”
Hence, reloading ammunition (151) or putting together a lawful firearm from a kit (151) is clearly “illicit manufacturing.”
Modifying a firearm in any way would surely be ‘illicit manufacturing.’ And, while it would be a stretch, assembling a firearm after cleaning it could, in any plain reading of the words, come within the screwy
definition of ‘illicit manufacturing.
2. ‘Firearm’ has a similarly questionable definition.
‘[A]ny other weapon’ is a ‘firearm,’ according to the treaty (151) and the term ‘weapon’ is nowhere defined.
So, is a BB gun a ‘firearm’? Probably.
A toy gun? Possibly.
A pistol grip or firing pin? Probably. And who knows what else.
If these provisions (and others) become the law of the land, the Obama administration could have a heyday in enforcing them. Consider some of the other provisions in the treaty:
Banning Reloading. In Article IV of the treaty, countries commit to adopting “necessary legislative or other measures’ to criminalize illicit manufacturing and trafficking in firearms.
Remember that ‘illicit manufacturing’ includes reloading and modifying or assembling a firearm in any way. This would mean that the Obama administration could promulgate regulations banning reloading on the
basis of this treaty (151) just as it is currently circumventing Congress to write legislation taxing greenhouse gases.
Banning Gun Clubs. Article IV goes on to state that the criminalized acts should include “association or conspiracy” in connection with said offenses (151) which is arguably a term broad enough to allow, by
regulation, the criminalization of entire pro-gun organizations or gun clubs, based on the facilities which they provide their membership.
Extraditing US Gun Dealers. Article V requires each party to ‘adopt such measures as may be necessary to establish its jurisdiction over the offenses it has established in accordance with this Convention” under a
variety of circumstances.
We know that Mexico is blaming U.S. gun dealers for the fact that its streets are flowing with blood. And we know it is possible for Mexico to define offenses ‘committed in its territory’ in a very broad way. And we know that we have an extradition obligation under Article XIX of the proposed treaty. So we know that Mexico could try to use the treaty to demand to extradition of American gun dealers.
Under Article XXIX, if Mexico demands the extradition of a lawful American gun dealer, the U.S. would be required to resolve the dispute through ‘other means of peaceful settlement.’
Does anyone want to risk twenty years in a sweltering Mexican jail on the proposition that the Obama administration would apply this provision in a pro-gun manner?
Microstamping. Article VI requires ‘appropriate markings’ on firearms. And, it is not inconceivable that this provision could be used to require microstamping of firearms and/or ammunition (151) a requirement which is clearly intended to impose specifications which are not technologically possible or which are possible only at a prohibitively expensive cost.
Gun Registration. Article XI requires the maintenance of any records, for a ‘reasonable time’, that the government determines to be necessary to trace firearms. This provision would almost certainly repeal
portions of McClure-Volkmer and could arguably be used to require a national registry or database.
Source: http://www.sofmag.com/wp/2009/04/21/obama-pushing-treaty-to-ban-reloading/