Right to Keep and Bear Arms

American gun owners shouldn't panic over the UN gun treaty.

"The United States (a sponsor of the treaty) voted in favor.
It's still not time to panic. But it's certainly time to go on alert.
Before the treaty can take effect, several things have to happen:

• 50 UN member nations have to ratify it
• 90 days have to pass after that before anyone at all is bound by it
• Even then, the treaty binds only those nations that have ratified it

The Obama administration cannot legally just impose the treaty on Americans. First, 2/3 of the U.S. Senate must vote to ratify it — and that is going to be a tough hurdle to get over. Second, even after Newtown, politicians are aware that Americans don't submit easily to anti-gunnery — and that we're likely to punish those who vote against the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment. Third, the Republican party has finally shown signs of growing a spine where firearms are concerned. Very few Republicans would be likely to vote for the treaty, and some (especially the Young Turks led by Rand Paul) would fight hard against it.
Still, the political climate can change overnight and politicians are experts at doing things behind our collective backs (as they did when a coalition of four R & D senators covertly and not-strictly lawfully passed the Brady Bill when no one was looking).
We must never allow this treaty to be imposed on us. Its terms have frightening implications, not only for American gun owners, but for anyone anywhere who ever has to fight tyrants."

I don't share the author's confidence in Republicans. They only mustered 32 votes to block debate on gun control which was probably a proxy vote for this treaty.

Kansas passes a law making it a felony to enforce any federal law that violates the second amendment.

Reason explains how New York state is using mental health diagnoses as an excuse to confiscate firearms.

"The SAFE Act, the gun control law hastily passed by the New York legislature in January, included a provision requiring physicians, psychologists, registered nurses, and licensed clinical social workers to report any patient they deem "likely to engage in conduct that will cause serious harm to self or others." The report goes to a county mental health official, who, assuming he agrees with the clinician's assessment, passes it on to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), which determines whether the patient holds a firearms license. If he does have such a license, which is required to legally buy a handgun in New York, the DCJS must notify the local licensing official, who must suspend or revoke the patient's license and instruct him to surrender all of his firearms, including rifles and shotguns. If he fails to do so, police are authorized to seize them."

Registration is always about confiscation.

Enhanced background checks won't affect criminals, but it will cause significant pain to peaceful, legal gun owners. That's the goal is always to disarm or at least hinder the arming of legal gun owners.

Enhanced background checks would not have stopped Sandy Hook massacre.