Those Who Would Dominate Us Will First Deny Us Our Arms : Veritas Libertas by Edward Wimberley : Naples Blogs : Naples Daily News: Local Naples, Florida News Delivered Throughout the Day.

<b>Those Who Would Dominate Us Will First Deny Us Our Arms</b> : Veritas Libertas by Edward Wimberley : Naples Blogs : Naples Daily News: Local Naples, Florida News Delivered Throughout the Day.: "For those who may have thought my earlier commentary on the administration’s interest in denying us our Second Amendment rights was off the mark, you might want to take note that the Obama administration has recently joined a number of other nations supporting the Conference on Arms Treaty (CAT).

This treaty, if adopted, would create a set of international standards that would effectively provide for more stringent regulation and transfer of conventional weapons. This is a reversal of the Bush administration's policy and will result in the international regulation of conventional arms imported into the U.S. for use by citizens.

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has been an advocate of this treaty, as has her husband, former President Bill Clinton who has observed that '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.”

Former Secretary of State John Bolton, on the other hand, has been vociferous in his opposition to this proposed treaty saying

'The administration is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there's no doubt – as was the case back over a decade ago – that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control.”"