The U.S. decision to support the negotiation of the treaty was therefore an error, and it should withdraw from the work of the committee. This is particularly essential if it becomes clear that the draft treaty will seek to create a supranational authority in embryo, impose financial obligations on the United States, embody any threat to rights protected by the Second Amendment by not exempting sporting and hunting weapons as well as those acquired for self protection, or impose vague and damaging restraints on the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The latest committee meeting offers no reason for optimism on any of these subjects.
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