1. THE UNITED NATIONS & THE
EFFECTS IT HAS ON THE U.S.
By Sharifah Christie, Kadarius Macon, and
Collin Pereira
2. SHARIFAH CHRISTIE
Research Question
-How would the United Nation Arms
Treaty change the constitutional rights
of Americans?"
3. WHY I CHOSE THAT TOPIC
-Since our group topic had to do with the U.N. in relations
to the United States, a question involving the Arms Treaty
was a perfect example of something from the U.N. that
can affect the U.S.
4. MY ARGUMENT
-The United Nations Arms Treaty would affect
the Constitutional Rights of America by
changing the second amendment, which is the
right to bear arms.
5.
6. MY RESEARCH & EVALUATION
• The book called The Constitution, helped me during research because it
had the entire Constitution including the second amendment in a
detailed manner to support how the Arms Treaty would affect our
constitutional rights.
• The article called "U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Will Harm Us, Let
Others Go Free,” was useful for my research because it describes
how the Arms Treaty will affect Americans' freedom if it is passed.
• The website http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/08/u-n-arms-
trade-treaty-a-threat-to-the-2nd-amendment/ helped me during
research because it informed me about the Arms Treaty related to
the second amendment.
7. RESEARCH & EVALUATION
CONT’D
I decided that all three sources mentioned
were relevant and credible, because:
• Book- professional & reliable;
government book
• Article- trustworthy & peer-reviewed;
scholarly article
• Website- had the correct information I
needed to see how the second
amendment would be affected by the
Arms Treaty.
8. COLLIN PEREIRA
Research Question
-Can the United Nations legally supersede the sovereignty of the
United States through the use of international treaties?
-The United Nations was created and accepted by each
individual nation that participates in it activities.
-Does this mean that nations are directed by the U.N?
9. MY ARGUMENT
-The United States has the ability to decide what treaties it
adheres to.
-According to U.S. constitutional law no legislation can be passed
without going through both the Senate and House of
representatives. It must then be approved by the president.
10. MY RESEARCH
Book source:
Russell, Ruth B. A History of the United Nations Charter: The
Role of the United States, 1940-45. Washington: Brookings
Institution, 1958. Print.
-Provided information about the United Nations creation and the
impact it has on countries.
-Explained that the United Nations is based on participation. A
country chooses to participate in the U.N. and it’s actions.
11. MY RESEARCH
Scholarly article:
Al-Qaq, Richard Kareem. Managing World Order : United
Nations Peace Operations And The Security Agenda. n.p.: I.B.
Tauris, 2009. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 6 Oct. 2012.
-Provided history and information about the agenda of the U.N.
and its goals.
-Presented the idea that the U.N. wishes to demilitarize the world
in an attempt at peace but history shows that a demilitarized
society is one that is easily attacked and conquered.
12. MY RESEARCH
Online (website) source:
Inhofe, James. DeMint, Jim. "Inhofe and DeMint: U.N. Treaties mean
LOST U.S. Sovereignty". 07/25/2012. The Washington Times, LLC.
10/03/2012. Website.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/25/un-treaties-
would-separate-americans-from-the-cons/?page=all
-Provides information about the agenda of the United Nations and
Ideas supported by our current president and his administration.
-Presents the idea that President Obama and his administration intend
to slowly degrade our second amendment rights, the rights which give
us the ability to protect all our other rights.
13. Phillips, Stuart. “Midshipman fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard
the guided-missile frigate USS Thach”. Flickr Commons. Stuart
Phillips, June 2012. Website. 9 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/5859646727/>
14. EVALUATION OF SOURCES
-The book resources I selected were written by experts in their
respective fields with the intention of scholarly and informative
uses.
-My article resources were written as historical and informative
pieces by experts in their respective field and by U.S. Senators.
-My website resource was also written by experts in their
respective field with the intention of informative use.
15. KADARIUS MACON
-I decided to go with this question
Research Question because Americans safety can be in
-How does the treaty affect rights of jeopardy if the Treaty is passed.
Americans, and will the treaty change -I had to narrow the question in
the safety and way of life. order to talk about the specific part
of the treaty
16. THESIS
-If the U.N. pass the treaty on small -The people with unregistered
arms the American people would be weapons can do what they want
in danger from people with knowing they cannot be harmed
unregistered weapons. because the law abiding citizens to
not have weapons.
17. "THE RIGHT NOT TO KEEP OR
BEAR ARMS”.
-This Article asks whether the Second Amendment should likewise be read to
incorporate both the right to keep or bear arms for self-defense and the
inverse right to protect oneself this helped me by giving me accurate
information on my research question
ARTICLE
18. AMERICA DISARMED
-Is a book written by Wayne La Pierre he talks facts and teaches
how to fight back against the Treaty. I will use this book for a
source because this book is the main part of my topic since safety
of America is my main priority.
Book
19. DOWN WITH THE U.N
-Kevin Kelly created this site in order tell the world how
guns keep America Safe from dangerous people, and I
will use this website as a reference in order argue my
question
Website
20. MY RESEARCH
-I decided to go with these three sources because these
we on my topic the closes and they were credible by the
standards presented in class.
21. Paljoakim. "Guns Guns and More Guns." Flickr. Yahoo!, 02 Dec. 2010. Web. 14 Nov.
2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/paljoakim/3346942587/sizes
/m/in/photostream/>.
