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Bill: Private Firearms Licensing
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solentian Socialist Party
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: September 2156
Description[?]:
| This would increase dramatically the regulations over private firearms ownership, thereby ensuring the public are safer from armed criminals by restricting general access to guns, while still allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:52:15, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | The SSP would prefer that private gun ownership were banned outright. However, we would also be willing to allow firearms when they are either "professionally required" or subject to "strict license conditions". We believe in the conept of a social contract - it should not the right or obligation of any citizen to defend their life or property: that is what our law enforcement agencies are responsible for. When we increase the availability of private firearms, the more likely it is that guns will fall into the hands of criminal elements. While we would prefer Solentia moved away from a "gun-owning culture" entirely, we are willing to support its continued legality, so long as the whole process is highly regulated. |
| Date | 02:45:11, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Communist Fascist And Anarchial Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | we definitely support either the last or second last options..... and until our police force no longer carries lethal weapons i will support "Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required." but if you are willing to incorporate reforms to both police firearms and individual firearm ownership.. then i will support the abolition of both |
| Date | 04:23:52, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | We would indeed be willing. How about an additional article, so that: "Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units"? |
| Date | 06:00:13, December 13, 2005 CET | From | United Centrists | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | We would support "Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions." We do believe that there are occasions when a civilian should be allowed to own a firearm, such as small shop owners in areas of high crime rates. It could serve as both protection and at least a minor deterent against criminals who manage to obtain weapons illegally. |
| Date | 14:22:41, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | Okay - as this concerns the wider issue of police-civilian relations (which may prove a much more divisive topic), and the SSP really does believe our current "hands-off" approach to gun regulations are potentially very dangerous, we have decided to compromise and propose that: "Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions." We may resurrect this issue after the elections, however, as it is highly interesting. |
| Date | 14:33:56, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | Hmm, it appears we may have got the timing wrong, and that this vote may not finish before the advent of the poll - if it doesn't, then the SSP shall resubmit it following the 2156 elections. |
| Date | 14:39:25, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | (OOC: Ah-hah! That's the problem - bills last EIGHT, not six months. Oh well, live and learn...) |
| Date | 02:08:16, December 14, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | We support this bill. This is because we believe that if a person owns a gn, he should be subject to a license. The government should know who owns a lethal weapon in this country! |
| Date | 16:16:14, December 14, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Private Firearms Licensing |
| Message | Resubmitting bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 525 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 175 |
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