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Bill: Right To Bear Arms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Democracy 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: December 2124
Description[?]:
| Citizens have a right to bear arms for their own personal protection and the protection of their liberties, as do officers have a right to bear arms for their own personal protection and the assurance that the law will be enforced. Regulations will NOT permit those who have been convicted of previous crimes to own a weapon, and will be harsh and objective. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Current: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:05:22, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | Still not gonna support all police officers carrying firearms. Crime is at an all time low. |
| Date | 00:54:03, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Democracy Party | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | Would you rather have police officers carrying firearms and people carrying non-lethal weapons? We're prepared to compromise but the right to bear arms is essential to protect the people from foreign dangers and even, at times, from their own government. |
| Date | 21:45:12, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Parti Monarchiste Catholique | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | We support the proposal allowing police officers to carry firearms, but we are reserved about the other proposal. |
| Date | 21:56:47, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Democracy Party | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | Then let's all compromise and stick to this. The people have firearms, the government has firearms. Fair is fair. Take away both and you leave the people defenseless, and the government with more "human" technology to use on the people. |
| Date | 22:02:13, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | Yeah the people of the UK are defenceless. You arguement is flawed. |
| Date | 18:08:35, October 10, 2005 CET | From |  Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | We will vote no because of article 1. |
| Date | 23:00:24, October 11, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Democracy Party | To | Debating the Right To Bear Arms Act |
| Message | And the people of the UK really don't realize how often the government plays a role in their lives. I remind you all that the people of this country will surely want a means to defend themselves, and I assure you the people of this country want police officers who can actually DO something. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 30 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 145 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 25 |
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