[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I believe the sense of this House--and 
certainly the American people--is that the Constitution of the United 
States is worthy of protecting, and the rights that are afforded in 
that Constitution are worthy of protecting.
  Unfortunately, the administration has unilaterally decided to try and 
obligate citizens of the United States to the UN's mandates when it 
comes to the small arms treaty affecting the Second Amendment rights of 
every American. I believe that we should not be held accountable, we 
should not be held in submission to the whims of an unelected 
organization on the world stage.
  The value of our Constitution, the value of our rights must be 
protected. We must urge the United States Senate to reject the treaty 
that Secretary Kerry has just signed. Stand up for the rights of 
Americans, stand up for the rights of Americans to be able to keep and 
bear arms, and protect the Second Amendment of the United States.

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