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Waco Tribune: In Waco, Abbott sounds alarm on U.N. arms treaty, Democratic group
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/politics/in-waco-abbott-sounds-alarm-on-u-n-arms-treaty/article_f2a0bf70-8f9e-5a30-92c8-81f4084af9e0.htmlThe Democratic group is Battleground Texas, naturally:
Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott told a Waco audience Monday he would sue the Obama administration to protect individual gun rights if the U.S. joins a United Nations global arms treaty.
Abbott also said a group working to make Democrats more competitive in Texas represented a “far more dangerous” threat than anything uttered by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
..."By its own terms, this treaty applies only to international trade, and reaffirms the sovereign right of any state to regulate arms within its territory,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement after the U.N. approved the treaty. “As the United States has required from the outset of these negotiations, nothing in this treaty could ever infringe on the rights of American citizens under our domestic law or the Constitution, including the Second Amendment.”
...In an interview after the speech, Abbott said he made the comparison to North Korea partly because he doesn’t think the country is a serious threat to the U.S. He also wanted to stress the idea that “complacency kills” in politics, he said.
Abbott also said a group working to make Democrats more competitive in Texas represented a “far more dangerous” threat than anything uttered by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
..."By its own terms, this treaty applies only to international trade, and reaffirms the sovereign right of any state to regulate arms within its territory,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement after the U.N. approved the treaty. “As the United States has required from the outset of these negotiations, nothing in this treaty could ever infringe on the rights of American citizens under our domestic law or the Constitution, including the Second Amendment.”
...In an interview after the speech, Abbott said he made the comparison to North Korea partly because he doesn’t think the country is a serious threat to the U.S. He also wanted to stress the idea that “complacency kills” in politics, he said.
Well, let's not be complacent, then, right? Here's the link to Battleground Texas' website:
http://www.battlegroundtexas.com/
If it's more dangerous to Texas Republicans than someone with a nuclear weapon or two, it's worth a looksee!
