The Underlying Tension in the ATT Negotiations

Arms Trade Treaty, Day Two: Human Rights and Non-State Actors, Heritage Foundation Foundry, March 19, 2013. "In the clash between the autocracies and the sanctimonious, the U.S. can find no comfort. The autocracies aren’t aiming at the Second Amendment, but a treaty that focuses on non-state actors raises the specter of bans on the import of firearms by anyone but the government—because what the autocracies really mean by “non-state actors” is 'private citizens.'"