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Originally Posted by samcol
The Constitution is just a small speedbump on the path to total gun control.
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Not that it really matters. America is already a police state, right?
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I dont think so.
A US Supreme Court decision made clear that the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified by the United States Senate.
According to the decision, "this Court has regularly and uniformly recognized the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty..."
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That seems sensible. But considering that there are the arguments that the Second Amendment is/has already been infringed, what's to say that some result of this treaty wouldn't do the same?
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Obama did no more or less than Reagan did with Grenada or GHw Bush did with Panama....they resorted to the War Powers Act that gave then authority to act initially w/o Congressional approval.
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And he and his administration didn't seem to lie too much about it. Though I guess only time will tell.