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Yep, that's it in a nutshell. The U.N. Arms Treaty of 2013, which passed 154 to 3, requires ratifying nations to ensure that terrorists and organize criminal cartels (read "drug lords") are not sold weapons from guns to planes armed with missiles.

And guess which party opposes this act? You got it, it's the Republican Party.

Yep, the party that says you can't fly a plane without a background check and a virtual strip search, says we can't stop terrorists and drug lords from being sold Apache helicopters because that would infringe on the Second Amendment.

Yes, the party that says the Constitution does not apply to foreigner or terrorists, that the Geneva convention does not apply to terrorists, that basic human rights don't apply to anyone even accused of terrorism, says that terrorists have a god-given Second Amendment right that must be protected no matter the cost.

Geez, if only the GOP loved any of the other amendments as much, like the first and fourteenth, let's say.

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