They need to lose their next election.
Okay, I put that vote on Hirono on my calendar for November 2018.
Is there really any point in voting in November 2014 seeing as how the "party machine" has anointed Mr. Schatz?
By the way, I wrote to Hirono about the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, and got this spam canned response, which didn't really address the specific questions I asked her (like that could ever happen!):
Dear Mr. XXXXXXXXXX,
Thank you for contacting me regarding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
In the United States, our well-developed civil society and emphasis on upholding the rule of law create a stable environment that allows for the development and enforcement of standards that balance the need to protect Second Amendment rights while also protecting public safety. However, in less developed nations these protections do not exist and easy access to firearms has contributed to substantial violence, oppression, and suffering. Existing international law provides no standards for international trade of firearms. In 2006, the United Nations proposed the Arms Trade Treaty to establish international standards for the import and export of firearms to combat instability in war-torn nations.
On April 2, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty, and the United States voted in favor. Secretary of State John Kerry stated that "nothing in this treaty could ever infringe on the rights of American citizens under our domestic law or the Constitution, including the Second Amendment." You can view Secretary Kerry's statement at
www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/04/206982.htm and learn more about the treaty at
www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/ .
During consideration of S.Con.Res. 8, the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014, Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK) offered an amendment "to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." The amendment was agreed to, and S.Con.Res. 8 passed the Senate on March 23, 2013. The Senate Budget Resolution does not become law, however it does lay out the Senate's priorities and provides a framework for policy during the fiscal year.
In order for a treaty to be ratified, the U.S. Senate must approve it. Please be assured that I will keep your views in mind
[she apparently left out: "and disregard them entirely, you idiot"] should the U.S. Senate consider a resolution of ratification for the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty during the 113th Congress.
Again, thank you for contacting me. If you would like to stay in touch with me on this or other issues of importance to you, please visit my website at
http://www.hirono.senate.gov . Please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future if I may be of assistance to you in any way.
Aloha,
Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator