INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on stage on Friday afternoon to withdraw the United States from the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA’s) annual convention, as a surprise gift to the nation’s largest Second Amendment advocacy group.
The United States signed on to ATT in 2013 under the Obama administration, but the treaty has not yet been ratified by Congress. The treaty aims to regulate the international trade in conventional weapons.
