JONES SEEKS TO BLOCK FUNDING FOR UN ARMS TREATY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday Congressman Walter Jones (NC-3) joined 50 of his colleagues in urging the House Appropriations Committee to prohibit U.S. taxpayer funding from being used for the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.  In a letter to the House State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Kay Granger (TX-12) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (NY-17), Jones and his colleagues expressed deep concern with the proposed treaty and its implications for both domestic and foreign policy.

“The Arms Trade Treaty would infringe not only on the freedoms of individual citizens, but on America’s sovereignty and national security,” said Jones. “Using taxpayer funds to implement this treaty would set a dangerous precedent for the future of our country.”

Jones and his colleagues are concerned the treaty does not provide adequate protection for the fundamental right of law abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. Protecting the Second Amendment and the national security interests of the United States formed the basis of the letter, which asked that the Fiscal Year 2014 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill include language to specifically prohibit funding for the Arms Trade Treaty.

See text of the letter below.