NRA's Target:  Perpetuating Lies

My phone rang a few minutes ago, and I was greeted by a robo-call from none other than Wayne LaPierre, President of the National Rifle Association.  Good ol' Wayne was kind enough to warn me that President Obama has found a way to circumvent the US Constitution by signing a treaty that will allow the United Nations to come onto US soil and take away our rights to gun ownership.  I'm not exaggerating - that's what he said.  The call even ended with a "survey" question, asking if I thought it was OK for the UN to be allowed onto our soil to enforce a gun ban.

The "information" in LaPierre's call is apparently based on the same source as a chain email that has been circulating of late. The email starts off by stating that President Obama " intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations." It goes on to state that the administration will "bypass the normal legislative process in Congress" by signing treaties, and that "we will wake up [some] morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment."

OK, I've admitted in a previous post that Social Studies was my weakest subject in school, but I didn't exactly major in Stupid.  Even I know that any treaty signed by the President is subject to ratification by at least two-thirds of the Senate, and we all know how hard it's been lately to achieve that level of agreement in the august body.  I also know that no treaty with a foreign nation can supersede the US Constitution and laws.  And I honestly can't even begin to believe that this is on the Obama agenda, since the only piece of gun legislation he's signed since he took office called for an expansion of gun ownership rights, by allowing loaded and concealed weapons in national parks.  Seriously, Wayne, how little do you think of us American citizens to figure that we'd fall for your claptrap?

If you want to debate the merits of gun control, fine - that's what our system of government is all about.  But how does it serve the public good to perpetuate partisan lies?

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