UN Arms Treaty

Open email to US Senators:

Dear US Senators,
The U.N. Arms Trade treaty is set to take effect on Christmas Eve. 
Under the terms of the treaty, participating nations are required to set up export and import controls for combat vehicles, aircraft and small arms. The text of the treaty also requires that participating member states establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list, in order to implement the provisions.
The treaty has been signed by 122 states and has been ratified by 54. It will become effective on 24 December 2014, because it has been ratified or acceded to by the requisite 50 states.
The U.S. delegation to the United Nations supports the treaty and the current White House is publicly touting support for the treaty.
The US is not a ratified member of the treaty. This requires a two thirds approval by the Senate.
I call on all Senate members to not even come close to ratification and assumption of a US obligation to the terms of this treaty. It is an instrument of the UN to control world order, and we have already seen the ineptitude of that organization in much less important matters.
The United States will control world order, not the UN. As we continue to improve our administration and particularly in the 2016 election, we will be better able to do so. Meanwhile, we should not establish any hindrance to that major objective and responsibility.