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President Obama believes in common sense gun control laws compatible with Second Amendment rights.
Attack
Attackers:John Bolton, othersAttack Type:Email chain, public statements
Public figures have made outlandish claims that President Obama is planning to use a United Nations treaty to take away legal firearms from gun owners in the US.
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Fact
Truth posted:September 1, 2011Evidence:Original legislation
President Obama has signed legislation to protect gun owners rights. In December 2009, nonpartisan website Factcheck.org published an article explaining that the President signed credit card legislation that included a provision allowing loaded and concealed weapons in national parks. That hasnt stopped gun rights advocates from believing that Obama is going to implement sweeping anti-firearms policies.
President Obama advocates reasonable common sense laws that Uphold liberty, ensure citizen safety, and are fully compatible with a robust Second Amendment. He spelled out his views in an interview with outdoor website Field & Stream Online, saying: I am very mindful of the fact that sportsmen in America may have gone hunting with their fathers, their grandfathers, their mothers, their grandmothers, and that this is part of a tradition and a way of life that has to be preserved. And theres nothing that I will do as president of the United States that will in any way encroach on the ability of sportsmen to continue that tradition.
The Obama Administration supports a UN treaty that would help stop the worldwide illegal arms trade, while opposing any treaty that would interfere with US gun laws. While an arms treaty is currently being drafted, it has not yet been ratified. The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action asked members not to circulate false rumors that the US has signed a UN small arms treaty that doesnt exist yet, explaining: As we noted in an update from last November, the UN Arms Trade Treaty will be drafted between now and 2012, and even if signed, would not take effect in the US until it was ratified by the Senate.