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Bill: Firearm Safety Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Scientific Socialist 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: November 2941
Description[?]:
| While crime in our nation is on the decline, we still hear all too often about crimes committed by criminals using weapons that are far too dangerous even for police to handle safely. Under our current law, it is entirely legal for a person to carry a sawed-off shotgun or a fully-automatic machine gun, concealed under their clothing, into any public area, even if that person is a known criminal. It is foolish for us to allow this kind of thing to go on any longer. Some of you may have heard recently of the massacre committed in a public area in our own city, not too far from here, where a man, armed with an automatic sub-machine gun, walked into a public square and opened fire, killing four people and injuring over 20 others. The man had previously been arrested and served five years in prison for conspiracy to commit armed robbery, which under our current law is not a crime that would disqualify one from possessing such a weapon. This kind of thing cannot be allowed to happen again. Under our proposed law, no one convicted of a crime will be allowed to own any kind of firearm, and all citizens will be prevented from purchasing weapons that are excessively dangerous. Furthermore, no citizen will be allowed to carry a weapon in a concealed manner, or carry a weapon in most public places without a permit. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Any legal weapon may be concealed when carried.
Current: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Proposed: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Current: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Proposed: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:22:12, May 18, 2010 CET | From |  Republican Party | To | Debating the Firearm Safety Act |
| Message | "The man had previously been arrested and served five years in prison for conspiracy to commit armed robbery, which under our current law is not a crime that would disqualify one from possessing such a weapon." If you read our law it clearly states, "Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality." If you go any stricter than that, you will have riots and more violence in the streets. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 350 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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