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Bill: posession of firearms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party for Equality
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2037
Description[?]:
| posession of all guns to be outlawed except for professional purposes |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Current: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | and asassins don't count! |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | We support this bill |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | This is an infringement upon rights, not to mention costly to enforce. It also represents the loss of a powerful crime deterent - the people themselves! It is a step towards a statist government that I can't support. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | It does not have to be costly to enforce at all. There is no proof either way that private gun ownership deters crime - you can make a good case for or against that. However it does mean that you have to accept a very high accidental death rate, including amongst children. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | yes, guns kill far far more people acidentally and in attack than in defense. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | lets vote |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the posession of firearms |
| Message | You won't lower the number of gun attack deaths, only the number of gun defense deaths and accidental deaths. I think that licenses are a good idea - that way, we are certain that everyone who owns a gun is trained in using it. That prevents accidental deaths without affecting crime rates either way. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 30 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 25 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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