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Bill: Firearm Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Country Liberal 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 2724
Description[?]:
| Undercover members of the police and other security forces should be free to carry concealed weapons, this proposal will allow that. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Current: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Proposed: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:43:01, March 10, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Firearm Bill |
| Message | We oppose. If people are allowed to carry guns, they should do so openly. Undercover police should probably not be legally armed - if the weapon is found, won't it send alarm signals to his targets? |
| Date | 20:25:27, March 10, 2009 CET | From | Country Liberal Party | To | Debating the Firearm Bill |
| Message | Surely plain clothes police officers should be given the same opportunity to protect themselves as criminals? |
| Date | 23:15:43, March 10, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Firearm Bill |
| Message | Criminals don't legally carry guns either. |
| Date | 20:01:29, March 11, 2009 CET | From | Country Liberal Party | To | Debating the Firearm Bill |
| Message | Exactly, so plains clothes officers should be allowed to do so. |
| Date | 21:09:42, March 11, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Firearm Bill |
| Message | We still disagree. It puts the public at risk, and it can actually increase the risk to the police officer. Undercover police are not supposed to get themselves into such situations, and they are supposed to be covered and backed up. Now, as to whether undercover police officers engage in illegal acts in order to 'keep in' with their targets, and whether that has a blind eye turned to it is an operational matter, not a political one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 203 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 79 |
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