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I'm Kendall Montgomery and this is Ultimate Concealed Carry News. Each week we assemble
the top stories from network news, online news outlets and videos relevant to you, bringing
you your weekly gun news all in one place.
On this week's show John Kerry signs the UN Arms treaty, a concealed carry gun owner emerges
as a hero in the Kenya Mall Massacre, and some of the nations' favorite coffee shops
reveal their gun policies.
Our Top Story.
Secretary of State John Kerry has signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
The Treaty would regulate the international trade of conventional weapons to reduce illegal
arms and ammunition trafficking in order to keep weapons out of the hands of human rights
abusers such as organized crime, terrorists and militias around the world.
So how does this affect American Gun Owners? Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst, Judge Napolitano
explains.
The treaty must still be ratified by the Senate -- which is unlikely to happen with 130 members of
Congress openly opposing the treaty AND because it can't trump the US Constitution it won't
affect your right to carry in America - but it does raise some issues that are concerning.
The treaty will almost certainly affect the price and availability of foreign made guns
and it encourages member nations to track all gun sales. The NRA says:
"The treaty urges recordkeeping of end users, directing importing countries to provide information
to an exporting country regarding arms transfers, including "end use or end user documentation"
for a "minimum of ten years." Each country is to "take measures, pursuant to its national
laws, to regulate brokering taking place under its jurisdiction for conventional arms." Data
kept on the end users of imported firearms is a de-facto registry of law-abiding firearms
owners, which is a violation of federal law. Even worse, the (treaty) could be construed
to require such a registry to be made available to foreign governments."
Republican Congressman Mike Kelley of Pennsylvania takes the NRA's concerns even further, asking
why would we would allow dictators to have a say in our trade policies.
So is the UN Arms Treaty a good thing in order to regulate illegal arms trafficking across
the world or is there too much at risk for future gun rights to be in the hands of a
3/4 majority of foreign nations? Be apart of the debate. Post your thoughts on the matter
or click here.
Last week in Kenya masked gunmen stormed into a crowded mall in Nairobi on Saturday and
shot dead at least 39 people and wounded more than 150.
Shoppers inside the mall immediately began fleeing from the gunfire, hurling their bodies
over their children and jumping into ventilation shafts to save themselves, as the Somali terrorist
group moved through the mall, shooting shoppers in the head.
But among the chaos was a hero. A retired British Marine was having coffee at the mall
when the violence broke out. The ex Marine armed only with a handgun drew his gun, leaped
into action and never stopped leaping as he repeatedly risked his life to save about 100
people from the massacre, running in and out at least a dozen times to shepherd frightened
civilians to safety.
The hero's identity is unknown for security reasons but he is pictured here with his handgun
tucked into his waistband comforting two distraught women that he rescued reminding everyone that
sometimes a good man with a gun can make all the difference in the world.
A couple of weeks ago Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz issued a statement requesting that
customers no longer carry weapons into their stores.
While the coffee giant maintains they are not anti-gun-- and claims they will not be asking their customers
who are seen carrying a gun to leave their stores. NRA Spokesman Colion Noir addresses
their so called 'non-anti
gun stance':
But Starbucks isn't the ONLY company clarifying their stance on their customers carrying firearms
into their stores. Starbucks coffee competitors McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts have issued statements
to Business Insider this week and it turns out they are gun neutral.
McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa McComb states: "We recognize that there is a lot of emotion
and passion surrounding the issue of firearms and open carry weapons laws.
While we respect the differing views of all our customers, McDonald's company-owned restaurants
follow local, state and federal laws as it relates to open carry weapons in our restaurants..."
And Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman Michelle King: "Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins restaurants
are owned and operated by individual franchisees who are required to follow all federal, state
and local laws with regard to firearms."
Up until a couple of weeks ago Starbucks customers could expect this same neutral policy, but
now with the CEO's new 'request' it looks like gun owners may be frequenting Starbucks
competitors a bit more often.
I'm Kendall Montgomery, thank you for watching.