Goodbye 1st Amendment rights, here comes the United Nations.
Last March, ICANN, the Los Angeles-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, stated it would relinquish control over domain names and other aspects of Internet architecture in favor of a new “global governing” structure that would involve multiple “stakeholders.”
In 2012 Obama signed a UN treaty which effectively banned civilian ownership of firearms, which the UN has characterized as a threat to the “power monopoly” of the state, although we have yet to see actual enforcement of this treaty. So when you as an American wants to put up a pro-gun website and exercise your free speech, we can expect the UN to say “No”, and you will have no recourse but to comply.
Could the United Nations ban gun websites? That’s the fear being expressed by some second amendment advocates after the announcement that control over key aspects of the Internet would be transferred over to the “global community”.Last week it was announced that the Los Angeles-based nonprofit the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, would relinquish control over domain names and other aspects of Internet architecture in favor of a new “global” governing structure that would involve multiple “stakeholders.”
The United Nations subsequently welcomed this “transition” of key aspects of the web over to the “global community” as a “major step towards the multilateral Internet governance that the UN has been advocating for many years.”
But could such a transition herald a new era of Internet censorship?
“Things like the First Amendment aren’t going ton be applicable anymore, that’s going to be out the window, warns Urban Survival blogger Dave Acton.
Acton makes the point that the United Nations considers many firearms legally owned by U.S. citizens to be “weapons of mass destruction”. The UN has vigorously campaigned against civilian ownership of “small arms” such as hand guns and pistols, blaming them for 90% of civilian casualties worldwide.
Although not put into action, the Obama administration signed a United Nations treaty in 2012 which effectively banned civilian ownership of firearms, which the UN has previously characterized as a threat to the “power monopoly” of the state.
“So under that global governance program, websites that promote ‘weapons of mass destruction’ like firearms, ammo – those domain names aren’t going to be renewed,” warns Acton, adding that gun-related domain names will be restricted after the transition.
Concerns that the United States’ relinquishing control over the Internet to the United Nations could lead to censorship have been expressed by several prominent individuals over the past two years.
In May 2012, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Verveer warned lawmakers that proposals to give the UN more control over the Internet could, “potentially lead to an era of unprecedented control over what people can say and do online.”
In February 2013, Robert McDowell, a member of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, warned that the UN was slowly moving to seize control of the world wide web, characterizing adherents of such a move as “patient and persistent incrementalists who will never relent until their ends are achieved.”
Texas Republican Ted Poe went further, asserting, “The idea that the UN ought to be controlling the Internet to me is like putting the Taliban in charge of women’s rights.”
So gun owners and advocates will start meeting in small groups like the Founding Fathers did? Word of mouth or texts will have to do!
Obama can take his UN treaty and stick it up his ass!!! Come and take my weapons, if you dare!!!!
they have no power in this country
blue helmutes make good targets
Idiots!
This is what obummer wants and he will never get it!
arm your self’s and stand ready , no one well come to help you when they come to get you.
You see when two Peoples country , want to Fight then let it be done & no Tap out till death , pride stubborn , stupidity !!!
they CURRENTLY have no power in this country HOWEVER… every “humanitarian crisis” that pops up someone cries for the UN to get involved – we are now seeing people in Detroit without water crying for the UN to come solve their issue – Oblamer has created a crisis at the border and it won’t be long before someone cries for the UN to come help… once they get here they wont stop with the “humanitarian crisis” they come to “help” with – America will end up like Somalia, Uganda, Bosnia, Serbia and a host of other countries – the UN will allow millions of people to die before they actually do a thing and then what they will do is kill millions more – they will work hand in hand with this administration to disarm and re-educate the survivors. Just a matter of time. You can keep telling yourself they won’t and they have no authority here but the democrats and this admin. are CREATING crisis’s in order to INVITE the UN here.
This is a TREATY with the united nations and NEEDS to be approved/ ratified by the US Senate. This TREATY is NOT worth the paper it is written on and has NO LEGAL Authority in the USA (PERIOD)