Michele Bachmann Warns Against United Nations Taking Away Gun Rights

Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann said she opposed the United Nations taking away gun rights at a recent Iowa campaign stop, even though such a scenario remains virtually impossible.

"I don't believe in the U.N. taking that right away from us, as well. There are international treaties that want to do that," she said in response to a question on the Second Amendment after affirming her support for gun rights, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sent out an urgent message to his supporters in early October warning them that the U.N. would take away their Second Amendment rights.

The U.N. will consider the Arms Trade Treaty next summer regulating international arms trade. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she would support the negotiations on the condition that the talks operate on consensus, giving any country veto power. The U.S. also insisted on adding language that gives states the exclusive right to regulate arms trade within their own borders.

Any treaty would also need 67 votes in the U.S. Senate to be ratified.

Bachmann has made other questionable statements in recent public appearances. Last month she warned that Hezbollah was building missile sites in Cuba. Lacking any medical evidence, she claimed that the HPV vaccine caused mental retardation, later saying she was only "relaying" a claim from a supporter.

Bachmann also said in a recent interview that she wanted her three daughters to learn how to shoot. "I think it's symbolically important," she said. "Women need that ability to protect themselves."

Comments

[JWebberPhoto]

02:28 PM on 11/07/2011

Bo-gus.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/untreaty.asp

[zt54]

05:53 PM on 10/27/2011

Simple remedy get us out of the U.N. Second treaties have to be ratified by the senate - another good reason to get us out of the U.N. Guard the Constitution go Michelle!

[JoeAnomie]

02:58 PM on 10/27/2011

I sure like Michele Bachmann. I look forward to hearing from her, waiting each week to see what kind of bizarre, cockamamie ideas she has come up with. She means well and so far has played a refreshing role in this election process. Does anyone really take her serious? I liken her to a little dog who barks a lot.

[PickOneTwoThree]

01:04 PM on 10/27/2011

What is the PROBLEM with these people.

Why are they so afraid of someone (anyone) taking away their guns? Maybe Marcus can help them pray this deep psychological problem away.

[zt54]

05:57 PM on 10/27/2011

Why are you afraid of the good guys having guns. The bad guys will always have guns and be pulling the little pickonetwothree out from under the bed.

Go learn to shoot, tell the truth and become a brave and useful American.

[Okey Umez]

10:12 PM on 10/27/2011

If you are one of the good guys, why dont you show up at his house unannounced and find out if he knows how to shoot

[jeffie 3]

12:27 PM on 10/27/2011

I guess we need to learn to duck and cover all over again. As for the gun issue. Do you really think they will ever outlaw guns in the U.S.A.?

[PickOneTwoThree]

01:05 PM on 10/27/2011

No.

[sak]

12:24 PM on 10/27/2011

Where does this lunatic get her ideas? Oh, that's right, God speaks to her.

[MikeInFla]

12:22 PM on 10/27/2011

Ohh oh - Has michelle been talking to god again?

[Okey Umez]

10:14 PM on 10/27/2011

It looks like it. Although God hasn't bothered to return her calls.

[mr whiteffolks]

12:17 PM on 10/27/2011

Michele has extremely large ears. I guess those come in handy when an intruder is approaching the home.

[dmsdzinr]

11:55 AM on 10/27/2011

The ONLY guns I would like to hear about from Bachmann are the guns she is hanging up when she rolls out her EXIT from the race. She is going NOWHERE fast!

[bmike]

11:35 AM on 10/27/2011

The world like seeing Americans kill each other. They just don't want American guns in their Country.

[mr whiteffolks]

12:18 PM on 10/27/2011

I've always one of the worst things in our constitution is the right to bear arms. Now grant it when it was written that may have been the case but in todays America, there is no need for every citizen to own a gun.

[PickOneTwoThree]

01:05 PM on 10/27/2011

I believe this 'right' applies to the 'right to form militias' and to the 18th century.

[Thumbody]

11:11 AM on 10/27/2011

She was scheduled to speak today at a fundraiser in Minneapolis, due to a scheduling conflict she can't make it but the campaign insists that the fundraiser should still go on.

[mr whiteffolks]

12:19 PM on 10/27/2011

Maybe they wouldn't let her bring her guns to the fundraiser.

[Flacracker]

10:59 AM on 10/27/2011

What a fruitcake!! I hope she gets the nomination.

[7thcavman]

10:29 AM on 10/27/2011

Michelle's talking points are coming from the John Birch playbook. Next thing she'll do is issue warnings about Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse Tung. Ah, the good old days.

[Joseph Glackin]

11:48 AM on 10/27/2011

Don'r forget Earl Warren!

[totalliberal]

10:11 AM on 10/27/2011

"And after they have taken all our guns, the United Nations will force us to become homosexuals."

[tmf945]

09:14 AM on 10/27/2011

Stop referring to Bachmann's policy statements as though they were the ramblings of a ditzy housewife from a 1950's sit com.
This woman is serious, calculatin­­g and a genuine threat to America.

[MThomasNC]

11:59 AM on 10/27/2011

You are so correct. Uninformed folks out there believe what the Bachmanns are saying. It is a threat to America.

[psnyder325]

12:01 PM on 10/27/2011

Yes. It is very unfair. To the ramblings of ditzy housewives from 1950's sit coms. This woman's statements aren't that coherent or intelligent. But I DO agree that she is a dangerous threat to America. Since she is a danger to herself and others, I suggest that a mental health hospital with heavy doses of an anti-psychotic medication is the best and safest place for Shelley.....and, of course, for every other Republican in the U.S.