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Bill: Arms Export Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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: March 2138
Description[?]:
| Current legislation to review every individual arms exports deal is far too constraining on the Defence sector. We propose instead to issue general guidelines for export of conventional weaponry. Nuclear technology is and shall remain wholly Rutanian. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:41:01, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Against. The government must have the ability to prevent Rutanian arms being used against Rutanian troops or allies. |
| Date | 14:38:10, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | For, I guess. This is a tricky one. |
| Date | 14:40:15, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Oh, I didn't read carefully enough. Conventional arms is fine. |
| Date | 20:42:03, November 05, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Against, we don't want to arm our enemies, and surely we don't want to ship lots of arms to unstable regions in which terrorists can easily get hold of our weapons. We believe that the case-by-case evaluation of arms sales should remain in place. |
| Date | 11:51:40, November 06, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | We support |
| Date | 01:06:53, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | I do not suppose our corporations, in all their integrity, would supply weapons to terrorists. |
| Date | 17:56:41, November 08, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Then you must be seriously misinformed, there is clear evidence that many corporations will just sell weapons to ANYONE willing to buy them. |
| Date | 23:11:33, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Terrorists are a petty irritation. Selling arms to potentially hostile STATES is a much greater risk. And what the RFP is saying is basically "Dont worry, we'll deregulate this but nothing will change anyway because the corporations will abide by the law even if it isnt there." Sorry, but that's a crap argument. |
| Date | 17:34:13, November 09, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | Well, then why do you so-called "libertarians" use it so often? :-P |
| Date | 19:28:08, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Arms Export Deregulation Act |
| Message | ...we dont? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 322 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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