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Bill: New Country
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic
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: July 2048
Description[?]:
| i have only left in the important ones that i feel strongly about. |
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 are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:02:10, May 05, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | You should not propose so many different things in one proposal - splitting them up allows you to get some through even if people dislike others |
| Date | 00:44:21, May 06, 2005 CET | From | National totalitarian union | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | I have problems with posts 3-4-5 for 3: I am agree with the actual situation: it must not be free but discounted by subsiding for 4:each adults can have one (only one) if he want for 5: we should not accept trade union. Firstly, we must build the contry by helping patronat |
| Date | 01:32:19, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Millennial Salvation Front | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | No to Articles 3, 4 and 7. |
| Date | 03:14:55, May 06, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | Why do these people rally against trade unions? They are a neccessity to defend the workers. If you ban trade unions, you might as well ban newspapers! |
| Date | 09:04:50, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | why does every one want guns to be llegal they are not needed in society. |
| Date | 09:27:23, May 06, 2005 CET | From | National totalitarian union | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | we need guns to protege our homes and family. If there xwas a problem the governement xould be helped by men who can forme milicia |
| Date | 09:51:59, May 06, 2005 CET | From | National totalitarian union | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | if you put a new proposition without 3-4-5, I will vote for |
| Date | 12:01:01, May 06, 2005 CET | From | National totalitarian union | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | 3-4-5 must be debate in an other bill |
| Date | 16:37:29, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Millennial Salvation Front | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | We still cannot support Articles 1 and 4 |
| Date | 16:37:42, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | i am agaist guns as if there were no guns then no one needs them to deffend themself, and the other one some of you people dont seem to like is unions, these need to be in place to protect the workers from being operssed. |
| Date | 16:41:19, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Millennial Salvation Front | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | This bill would take away too many of our God-given freedoms. Vote No. |
| Date | 22:51:40, May 06, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | your calling a gun a ''god-given freedom'' i think thats a bit wrong as jesus and god would be agaist guns but if you want to go all patriotic you do that |
| Date | 01:06:29, May 07, 2005 CET | From | Millennial Salvation Front | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | Only the Greens and Communists want to take away the rights of Mordusians to defend themselves. We congratulate those parties who take a stand against such cowardice. |
| Date | 17:36:39, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | and i feel sorry the next time a kid walks into thier school with a gun and kills a few people. |
| Date | 20:16:40, May 09, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist of the Mordusian Republic | To | Debating the New Country |
| Message | oh wait it happend in dorvik already |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 9 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 52 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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