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Bill: Firearms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Irish 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: May 2481
Description[?]:
| Allowing people to own firearms just makes it easier for potential murderers to get access to killing tools. Even if everyone goes through a very strict screening process, this is not to say that these guns can't be stolen, or lost & found or sold by the owner. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Current: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:04:22, November 03, 2007 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | "No. Gun's lower crime, they have historically, they would be if they were not so regulated now, and they will once we restore the fundamental right to bear arms." ~Harold Hault, Directory Member |
| Date | 20:53:18, November 03, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | No. The law should be left as is |
| Date | 01:32:57, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Irish Party | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | Ok, so in your opinion the LESS you regulate them the more they less they will be used? Yeah right. You might have convinced the new guys, but not me.... |
| Date | 01:34:26, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | I vote nay but would be open to a ban on assault weapons |
| Date | 08:37:11, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | OOC: Look at the RL stats, guns stop crime. |
| Date | 10:46:52, November 04, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | Guns do not stop crime at all, but we support self-protection for those who are threatened. |
| Date | 13:05:53, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Firearms |
| Message | OOC: How many gun murders are there in the US? How many in Europe? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 112 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 289 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "There is no problem that cannot be solved with diplomacy or debate. Anyone who thinks otherwise does not need a gun, but a direct ride to a mental health clinic." - Ascentio Cartaginese, former Istalian politician |