Edited sentence: , the Second Amendment to the U.Constitution the treaty would have to be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate to be binding on the United States.Contrary to the group's public assertions, nothing in the proposed treaty requires signatory states to limit domestic ownership of guns or to maintain records or control systems regarding domestic gun ownership.Further, under the U.In fact, the proposed treaty, which is aimed at regulating international trade in tanks, missile systems, warships and other conventional weapons in addition to small arms, explicitly recognizes the right of signatory states to govern the domestic ownership and transfer of weapons within their own borders consistent with their own legal systems (e.S Constitution).The group's characterization of the proposed treaty as subverting the Second Amendment has been criticized as being misleading and of misrepresenting the true nature of the treaty