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Bill: Poliece Firearms policy
Details
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: March 2703
Description[?]:
| This bill is to try and reduce any mistakes made by the police carrying lethal firearms, without reducing the security of our citizens The police are allowed to carry non lethal firearms, such as tasers, stun batons, and tranquilizers, but not lethal weapons. This means that they can immobilise, and temporally take out any suspects, without causing any/causing minimal long term damage, and only in extreme circumstances are specially trained arms teams sent out, which there are always a minimum number of ready. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:58:18, January 26, 2009 CET | From | United Workers | To | Debating the Poliece Firearms policy |
| Message | Good Taesers are a good example of this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 251 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 197 |
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