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Bill: Protection Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Oppressive Liberation
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: June 2054
Description[?]:
| The police, to fully protect the public, shall not be limited to using only non-lethal weaponry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:33:55, May 17, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | We believe we should prevent criminality, not stimulate it to be able to punish it more. The socio-economic factors are the foremost causes of criminality; and providing no way of education will certainly not improve this. |
| Date | 19:18:01, May 17, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | Article 1 is worth considering (maybe), but it is rediculous to remove a prisoner's education, as poverty and ignorance are the leading sources of crime. |
| Date | 21:15:38, May 17, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | *ridiculous, excuse me |
| Date | 21:20:26, May 17, 2005 CET | From | People's Party of Oppressive Liberation | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | Very well, we shall focus on the police weaponry issue for the moment. |
| Date | 01:02:31, May 18, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | We'll consider. |
| Date | 01:28:13, May 18, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Protection Reform Act |
| Message | The PPOL is well aware of our position on this measure, and we still see no reason for introducing weaponry that primary purpose is to kill into a force that is designed to protect. They are not a combat unit, so they do not require these weapons. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 133 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 237 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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| Random quote: "Any system that takes responsibility away from people, dehumanises them." - Author Unknown |