[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE SMALL ARMS TREATY

  (Mr. POMPEO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POMPEO. Mr. Speaker, over the past 1\1/2\ years, we've seen this 
President take away a lot of our freedoms with big spending and a big 
health care plan. I want to talk about another risk to American freedom 
today, and that is the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, also known as 
the Small Arms Treaty.
  I'm profoundly disappointed, but, frankly, not surprised, that this 
administration is joining the United Nations in crafting this dangerous 
treaty designed to curtail our Second Amendment rights.
  Parties in the negotiations about the treaty are talking about 
banning civilian possession of firearms, decreasing the ability for 
trade in firearms, and heavily restricting the rights of Americans to 
carry their firearms. Each one of these directives, if implemented, 
would clearly violate individual rights as ensconced in our 
Constitution.
  The Senate should not ratify this treaty. We must never turn our 
national sovereignty over to anyone, most especially the United 
Nations.
  As a former soldier who dearly loves his M250 caliber machine gun and 
loves his firearms as a civilian as well, I know that we have that 
right. We've got to stand up and protect it, and I urge my colleagues 
in the Senate not to ratify this treaty.

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