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Bill: Gun Control
Details
Submitted by[?]: Modern Economic Party of Cobura
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: March 2178
Description[?]:
| tougher restrictions on guns. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Any legal weapon may be concealed when carried.
Current: Local governments may set and enforce concealed carry laws.
Proposed: Some categories of weapon must be carried openly, others may be concealed.
Article 2
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: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Proposed: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:00:11, January 28, 2006 CET | From |  Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | Why is MEP punishing the law abiding citizens of Cobura by forcing them to be defenseless in the face of the Crime Syndicates? MEP=Bleeding-Heart-Socialists |
| Date | 02:01:09, January 28, 2006 CET | From | Modern Economic Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | if they are law abiding then they won't be defenseless |
| Date | 22:07:07, January 28, 2006 CET | From | Fatherland Bloc | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | I dont mind these regulations |
| Date | 01:25:09, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | Let me explain this to you MEP, CRIMINALS DON'T OBEY THE LAW, so these gun-control laws will only restrain Law Abiding Citizens and that will only embolden the Criminal elements because they will know that the good citizens of Cobura will be defenseless against them. Our people need to be able to defend themselves. These restrictions are cumbersome and worthless. It's that simple. |
| Date | 04:10:08, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Modern Economic Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | wow you really don't get it, do you? If they are law-abiding they can have a gun. |
| Date | 06:47:56, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Zapatista Party | To | Debating the Gun Control |
| Message | In the immortal words of some quote thingy at the bottom of a page... "What good are your laws if the good men dont like them and the bad ones never keep them?" Something like that, anyway. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 223 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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