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Bill: Firearms and Weapons Unification Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
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: June 2439
Description[?]:
| The DSP has noticed that there are currently three conflicting laws in act, those being the right to conceal and carry, the right to weapons and the right to own guns. The laws are currently; Currently: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons. Currently: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner. Currently: Individuals are not permitted to own firearms under any circumstances. Because guns are a type of weapon these laws are conflicting with each other, therefore we propose unifying these conflicting laws so as not to cause confusion and tied up court cases over rights. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Current: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Proposed: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Individuals are not permitted to own firearms under any circumstances.
Current: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Proposed: Citizens may own any type of weapons, but certain types are restricted to designated places.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:35:37, August 02, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The DSP believes that these laws should be brought together to prevent confusion. Therefore we propose the making of all firearms legal, but requiring regulation and licensing, determined by what kind it is and the rpevention of psychologically unstable individuals from obtaining them. However, we have not yet decided to add proposals until we can get a feel for what those proposals should be. One other thing we have taken note of, nuclear, biological and chemical devices being weapons are technically legal, something that we feel is not a good idea. |
| Date | 04:10:48, August 03, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The DSP, after careful deliberation has created two proposals for this bill. We will, after allowing for another two days of possible debate put the bill up to vote. |
| Date | 06:37:41, August 03, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The SCP would support this bill if it forbade concealed-carry. |
| Date | 06:53:26, August 03, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The DSP has had some concerns over concela and carry from the start, but we have/had decided to wait to see what others thought of it, we will of course wait until 1 day has passed to make changes so that further debate can occur before the changes are made. |
| Date | 08:04:12, August 03, 2007 CET | From |  Imperial Pluralism Party | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | We support this bills as it is, although we would prefer that guns not be concealed. |
| Date | 18:07:48, August 03, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The DSP, after careful consideration, and descent among some in the party, has decided to include a provision on conceal and carry. However we also feel that discussion on what comprises conceal and carry is required post-vote. |
| Date | 02:26:19, August 04, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Firearms and Weapons Unification Act |
| Message | The bill is now being put before the floor for voting. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 47 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 78 |
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