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Bill: Safe Rutania Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: RSDP - Democratic Front
Status[?]: passed
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: October 2139
Description[?]:
| An Act to guarantee the safety and security of the Rutanian citizens by not allowing individuals with a history of dangerous mental illness or violent criminality to own firearms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Current: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:49:02, November 09, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | We are willing to go further, but feel this is a suitable compromise. |
| Date | 19:26:07, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | Seems fair. |
| Date | 19:31:17, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | No thanks. The right to bear arms is an important one, and we shouldn't discriminate against the mentally ill. |
| Date | 19:35:41, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | I mean, come on. The mentally ill are the ones who most need to defend themselves. An armed assailant is more likely to attack some wheelchair-bound Huntingdon's sufferer than an able bodied, healthy person. The mentally ill must be allowed to whip out a sidearm to defend themselves because otherwise it's probable that they really can't. |
| Date | 20:51:54, November 09, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | Then look at it this way: the mentally-ill individual will be protected by other people who do have guns. People who can't defend themselves should be protected. And whenever mentally retarded persons are unable, because of the severity of their handicap, to exercise all their rights in a meaningful way or it should become necessary to restrict or deny some or all of these rights, we must be able to deny them the so-called "right to bear arms". It's not only for the safety of society, but also for their own safety. |
| Date | 23:52:05, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Safe Rutania Act |
| Message | We will support as it says dangerous mental illness (thanks to me) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 451 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 148 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: “Where would the weapons and equipment come from once you've banned the defence industry? Will we be defended by all your hippy people hurling potatoes and cabbages?” - Margaret Woodhall, former Dranian politician |