The Washington Examiner reports that State Department Deputy Director for Conventional Arms Threat Reduction William Malzahn has signaled the Biden administration is intent on joining the United Nations Global Gun Registration Treaty.
This comes just two years after President Trump withdrew America’s support for the UN treaty.
I have come from Washington, D.C., this week to take the floor on the agenda item Treaty Universalization to underscore the continuing commitment of the United States to responsible international trade in conventional arms,” William Malzahn said at the 7th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty.
“The United States has long supported strong and effective national controls on the international transfer of conventional arms, and the Arms Trade Treaty is an important tool [for] promoting those controls internationally,” he said according to a transcript provided to Secrets by the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association.
The NRA has warned that, among many moves, the treaty will require all arms that Americans buy from overseas makers to be tracked. To do that, a global gun registry would be created and maintained for 10 years. Every owner will be listed on that registry.
“This is the first step towards creating a global firearms registry,” said the Second Amendment advocacy group.
“President Biden wants to give foreign bureaucrats control over the rights of law-abiding Americans, and the NRA will fight it every step of the way,” it added today in a Twitter thread.
In his statement, Malzahn said that the administration is reviewing and working to strengthen the “Conventional Arms Transfer Policy” that guides the transfer policy of firearms.
BREAKING: @StateDept bureaucrat William Malzahn took the floor at the 7th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty to signal the U.S.’ intent to bind itself to the treaty – the treaty Trump unsigned after announcing his intent at the NRA’s 2019 Annual Meeting. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/aaip24Jwrs
— NRA (@NRA) September 1, 2021
This is the first step towards creating a global firearms registry.
President Biden wants to give foreign bureaucrats control over the rights of law-abiding Americans, and the NRA will fight it every step of the way. Stay tuned. (3/3)
— NRA (@NRA) September 1, 2021
Source: Washington Examiner
Image: Pamela Drew
That is so dumb, why should we register our gun s with a UN, they are already done in the United States. We shouldn’t be required to do this. I am against this.