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Bill: Gun Licensing Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alorian Communist 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: April 2057
Description[?]:
| We aim to make guns totally legal. In the meantime, we offer a compromise. We shall make guns legal, but only with firearm safety tests and license information taken beforehand. This will allow people who wish to own firearms that right as well as ensuring they can use it safely and that if the weapon is used in a crime its history can be traced. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
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 | 23:36:26, May 23, 2005 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | What good, exactly, would full legalisation do? |
| Date | 00:49:49, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | Well we believe that ownership of weapons is neccessary for one main reason - defence. This can come in three forms: -defence from crime -defence from totalitarian regime -defence from invading armies In the last two cases, government records can endanger this freedom. A would-be dictator has at his fingertips the identity of every weapon-owner and therefore the means to stop them and achieve total dominance. Invading armies are in fact trained to track down this information almost as soon as they are in nations with legal guns. Anyway, that is simply our point of view. We dont feel it is neccessary for this debate. |
| Date | 12:21:55, May 24, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | guns do not work as a deterent to crime. |
| Date | 17:38:18, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | i don't agree with full legalization, I just want to get back to people that could own guns under strict licence conditions. |
| Date | 17:45:48, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | Would you rob a gun-owners house? Under the lisencing laws, the gun owner would have to qualify to ensure they know how to use the guns responsibly. This would minimise accidents. Oi, Stalinists. If you vote yes here, I will support you on a different bill. |
| Date | 17:50:23, May 24, 2005 CET | From | United Stalinist Front | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | Can you do that? Well I'll change my vote and when I next propose a bill you better keep your word. |
| Date | 21:38:47, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | No, FREELY means there are no such tests. Strict licensing means there is. |
| Date | 23:11:08, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | Yes, and this bill is about strict licensing. |
| Date | 23:12:07, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Gun Licensing Laws |
| Message | For the record, this bill creates strict firearm laws. We may in the future try to make guns more available but at the moment this debate focuses on the fact there will be tests and licenses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 173 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 64 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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