reports end run 2nd amendment by UN small arms treaty

[goda0301]

My problem is that i don't see any US company jumping into the AK market or any other type of vintage firearm that we shipped over the pond and in the past had them trickle bad on to our soil. For example the vintage Thompsons or M1919 Browning .30 cals from Isreal even the spam cans at FF. Sure some companies might pick up the high demand products but the cost would be wildly out of this world even compared to this current level of hysteria. They (government) can and will push through whatever makes them feel good and in real world it will not stop anything. Only hurt the average joe trying to build from an imported parts kit. YES very Scary!

[ktech]

Something mentioned as a negative outcome (cutting us off) would be a freaking BOON for the US economy!

What would happen if the UN put sanctions on US trade? We'd in-source production of everything we needed. That's jobs folks. Lots and lots of jobs!

We'd stop exporting medical devices and prescription drugs. The rest of the world's grandma's die. Bummer

We'd stop spending money on military bases and wars in other countries, as well as bribes for other countries to be nice to us (foreign aide). Big move towards balancing the budget. Why is this a bad thing again??

Certain minerals would be problematic, as they're not readily mined in the US, but life would go on.

Meanwhile, we stop exporting steel and food, and china grinds to a halt.

This ain't happening. No matter how wonderful it would be.

It wouldn't actually be all that wonderful - go look up "comparative advantage".

But yeah, UN arms trade treaty fears are overblown... I got a call from the NRA about it actually... I'm pretty upset they're trying to scare up more money with that line...

[FJ540]

Comparative advantage only applies when there's a balance between the trading partners. We have a disparity now, where too much of our work has been off-shore'd and we no longer have the wage base to continue with our domestic transactions.

While it's true, we'd have a surge in cost of many items, there would be a complimentary surge in money retained within our economy. Instead of bleeding profits to foreign workers (for them to spend in their countries, not here), that money would remain inside our borders to be spent with other domestic producers.

The largest problem our economy faces right now is the fact that so much of the wealth is held by so few people. Those uber wealthy aren't inherently wrong for amassing that wealth, but the fact they don't or cannot spend it is why there's less money for the middle and lower class to spread around. That they have it isn't the problem, it's that it's not flowing which is. Economy's only function when trade occurs. When the wealthy suck up all the money, no one's spending it and the economy suffers.

[Hmac]

Comparative advantage only applies when there's a balance between the trading partners. We have a disparity now, where too much of our work has been off-shore'd and we no longer have the wage base to continue with our domestic transactions.

While it's true, we'd have a surge in cost of many items, there would be a complimentary surge in money retained within our economy. Instead of bleeding profits to foreign workers (for them to spend in their countries, not here), that money would remain inside our borders to be spent with other domestic producers.

The largest problem our economy faces right now is the fact that so much of the wealth is held by so few people. Those uber wealthy aren't inherently wrong for amassing that wealth, but the fact they don't or cannot spend it is why there's less money for the middle and lower class to spread around. That they have it isn't the problem, it's that it's not flowing which is. Economy's only function when trade occurs. When the wealthy suck up all the money, no one's spending it and the economy suffers.

Yeah, middle class is essentially giving up and surrendering to Obama's Free-****-Army.