NRA warns of increased gun control with Obama 'end-around Congress'

NRA warns of increased gun control with Obama &#039;end-around Congress&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

The National Rifle Association is warning American gun owners that President Obama or a future anti-gun president could use a U.N. Arms Trade treaty, set to take effect on Christmas Eve, "to rationalize enacting gun control politics through executive actions, especially in the import and export realms."

The Washington Times reports that the treaty requires participating nations to establish import and export controls for combat vehicles, aircraft, and small arms, and for participating member states to "establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list, in order to implement the provisions."