Here’s some great news on the Second Amendment front. Senator John Tester was successful in blocking government funding from being used to help the UN advance its Arms Trade Treaty.
This comes from Ammoland.com:
Tester Leads Senate in Blocking U.N. Arms Treaty
U.S. SENATE –(Ammoland.com)- Standing up for Montanans’ Second Amendment rights, Senator Jon Tester today successfully blocked government funding from being used to advance the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
Tester’s bipartisan amendment, which unanimously passed the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, prevents spending to advocate for or agree to any treaty provision that would that would restrict Americans’ gun rights.
“Firearms possession is guaranteed by the Second Amendment and cannot be surrendered to an international treaty,” said Tester, chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus and a lifelong champion of gun rights. “As a staunch defender of the U.S. Constitution, I won’t let any treaty impede our Constitutional rights and infringe on our way of life.”
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