Rachel Stohl quoted in article about US pulling out of UN arms treaty

Trump pulling U.S. out of U.N. arms treaty, heeding NRA

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association on Friday he was pulling the United States out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups.

Trump told members of the gun lobby at an annual meeting he intends to revoke the status of the United States as a signatory to the Arms Trade Treaty, which was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.

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