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Bill: Private Firearms Limitation Proposal - Second reading
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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 2143
Description[?]:
The ownership of all Private firearms within the Republic will be banned in order to safeguard the security of all members of the public, and to reduce the availability of firearms to criminal elements. The Armed Forces and Police are exempt from the above laws, however members of aforementioned services are not allowed to bring said firearms to their place of residence within the borders of the Republic. All such firearms required for the operation of those services will be kept under tight security within the confines of aforementioned barracks or stations and may only be removed when required for either training purposes or for direct use for the means in which they are designed. Privately operated security firms are covered by this law as those firearms are deemed to be owned on a Private, individual basis and as such are not entitled to handle firearms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Current: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Proposed: Individuals are not permitted to own firearms under any circumstances.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:11:32, November 19, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Limitation Proposal - Second reading |
Message | As there is no requirement for the ownership of private firearms except for criminal activity this bill removes the final hurdle to a safer, gun free society. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 63 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 231 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 106 |
Random fact: Moderation reserves the discretion to declare RP laws invalid if the players supporting them are doing so in an excessively confrontational way. |
Random quote: "Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war." - Tony Blair |