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Bill: Gun Restriction Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pacifist Socialist League
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: February 2209
Description[?]:
| This bill will increase gun laws in Jakania to an acceptable level. It will reduce crime and fatalities due to gun use. |
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 may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
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, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:16:35, April 01, 2006 CET | From |  Conservative Freedom Party of Jakania | To | Debating the Gun Restriction Laws |
| Message | Not only no, but HELL no! |
| Date | 02:12:12, April 02, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian-Socialist Coalition | To | Debating the Gun Restriction Laws |
| Message | In many countries that have enacted gun control laws, crime has tended to increase dramatically. (An RL example is Australia, which banned all guns a few years back) In any case, this seems to be an unnecessary restriction on civil liberties (just ask hunters and people on a shooting range). |
| Date | 02:52:15, April 02, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Republican Party | To | Debating the Gun Restriction Laws |
| Message | For civil liberties, we would vote against this and for hurting our political position. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 35 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin |