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Final draft of the treaty being circulated for approval.

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The final draft contains at least one new piece I found interesting.

Article 3

2. A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms within the scope of this Treaty if the transfer would violate its relevant international obligations, under international agreements to which it is a Party, in particular those relating to the international transfer of, or illicit trafficking in, conventional arms.

The ATF used the violence in Mexico for justification in sending out demand letter 3.

Obama just talked about how AK-47's don't belong in civilian hands.

We knew where it was going, but at least we don't have to speculate anymore.

This link will take you to a page where you can download the first draft of the ATT.

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It's basically is everything we knew it would be

Highlights
1. It lumps conventional firearms with tanks, missiles, warships, helicopter, etc
2. It includes ammunition controls
3. It includes gun registration
4. specifically says that states will adopt national legislation to ensure treaty obligations are met

This is the one I really love, so I am going to copy it directly

Article 20
Amendments

1. At any time after the Treaty’s entry into force, a State Party may propose an amendment to this Treaty.

2. Any proposed amendment shall be submitted in writing to the Depository, which will then circulate the proposal to all States Parties, not less than 180 days before next meeting of the Conference of States Parties. The amendment shall be considered at the next Conference of States Parties if a majority of States Parties notify the Implementation Support Unit that they support further consideration of the proposal no later than 180 days after its circulation by the Depositary.

3. Any amendment to this Treaty shall be adopted by consensus, or if consensus is not achieved, by two-thirds of the States Parties present and voting at the Conference of States Parties. The Depositary shall communicate any amendment to all States Parties.

4. A proposed amendment adopted in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this Article shall enter into force for all States Parties to the Treaty that have accepted it, upon deposit with the Depositary. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for any remaining State Party on the date of deposit of its instrument of accession.

So Nobama can push for excluding civilian arms and ammo while knowing full well that it could very easily be changed. They would only need 129 out of 193 UN members to vote for it. A lot less than the "consensus" needed now for passage

I'm going to stop now before my head explodes