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Bill: Authorize Lethal Weapons in Civilian Police force
Details
Submitted by[?]: Indigo Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: February 2442
Description[?]:
| Imagine this situation, if you will. You are a police officer, working the shady back alley ways of town. All of a sudden, you turn the corner and see a mugger holding someone against a wall with a gun acquired off the black market. Now, what are you going to do? Take out your pepper spray of course! the chances of a specialized fire team being within 10 seconds away seem extremely unlikely to my party, as they should yours as well. No, I firmly believe that the civilian police force should be allowed to carry and use lethal weapons. Remember, a strong police force means a weak crime syndicate! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:11:05, August 12, 2007 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Authorize Lethal Weapons in Civilian Police force |
| Message | No, if the above situation happened you would take out your TASER and would strike the criminal at range. The decreased odds of there being a firefight would reduce the risk of civilian or police casualties whilst still allowing the criminal to be arrested and taken through the Hobrazian judicial system. Just because the police don't have standard issue firearms does not render them ineffective or unprotected. Remember, an armed police force creates an armed crime syndicate. |
| Date | 12:29:46, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Emblem Party | To | Debating the Authorize Lethal Weapons in Civilian Police force |
| Message | Ranged Taser? 20 feet away whats going to work best? a taser or a gun? And aren't Crime syndicates already armed? If the police force is armed, it has a chance. Syndicates going to acquire guns with or without the police force being armed. Its a win lose situation and I agree on Wining |
| Date | 14:27:45, August 13, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Authorize Lethal Weapons in Civilian Police force |
| Message | Actually, with a range of up to 35 feet the TASER is perfectly capable of dealing with any and all immediate problems by incapacitating the criminal and reducing the risks to the innocent. And at the Emblem Party we would point out that crime syndicates are not a problem in this Country, so perhaps they should look to their own. |
| Date | 01:35:55, August 15, 2007 CET | From | Emblem Party | To | Debating the Authorize Lethal Weapons in Civilian Police force |
| Message | We don't have a crime problem, know why. Our Police have guns! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 169 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 231 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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