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Bill: Self-Defense Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty 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: April 2617
Description[?]:
| A high school shooting in the Tribal Territory of Shrin Kali in the United Tribes of Tukarali has shocked people all over the world. 14 students were shot by a frustrated student, 6 more were wounded before he took his own life. School spokesperson Leo Williams said that the community was horrified and that "it would take years to recover from this tragedy". Article 1: Title This Act shall be known as the Self-Defense Act (henceforth known as the SDA) Article 2: Purpose section 1: Despite the current law, a high school student got his hands on a gun and killed 14 people with it while wounding 6 others. This is why we need to allow the people of this country to have firearms. There is an inherent right to defending one's self and we must respect it. We pride ourselves on our freedom but what freedom is there if we do not allow our citizens to own guns? section 2: This will allow all adults to own a gun provided they meet the strict conditions. They are: a) must pass a test with a score of 80% or better on gun safety b) pass a criminal background check. c) pass a mental health check. d) have a place to store it but easily reachable for self defense e) must be over the age of 18 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Current: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:52:26, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | So you freely admit that a person carrying a gun went and killed a number of innocent people, and you somehow think that the public having more guns is going to improve things? You honestly believe that? Do you think the students in that college should have been armed? Perhaps then the frustrated student and the other students could've had a firefight in the school. Yes, that would've been a much better solution clearly. |
| Date | 14:50:10, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Maybe you should read the law books more often Judicial Union. The person was not professionally required to own a gun and his parents are not professionally required to own a gun either but somehow he got his hands on one anyway showing you and people who support your opinion on this issue that you cannot keep guns from entering. Now on to your questions. 1) Yes 2) They are under age so that answer is obvious. |
| Date | 23:19:31, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Graenix Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | We oppose this |
| Date | 23:21:58, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Hello Kitty Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | We support this. The right to bear arms is an essential right for self defense. |
| Date | 23:25:22, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | You cannot prevent any crimes from happening, since all people have free will. The most you can hope to do is reduce how often it happens. How this student got a gun is unknown, but since there are still guns around (namely for those whose jobs require them) there is still some entering the market. If we allow anyone to own a gun, that is just going to make guns more widely available. Things like this will happen more and more. |
| Date | 23:41:25, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Hello Kitty Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Or they will go down for no one will go after someone if they think he or she has a gun. |
| Date | 23:57:57, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | The student here ended up killing themselves. They clearly did not wish to live and were going to take as many people with them as possible. This same thing would have happened. Indeed most murders are not random. They occur by someone known to the victim. The killer would know whether they have a gun or not. |
| Date | 00:11:18, July 29, 2008 CET | From | Hello Kitty Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Actually most murders are done by total strangers over something trivial. |
| Date | 12:44:04, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Ergo? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 356 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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