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Bill: Weapons Control Act of 2245
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriotic Unity Party
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 2245
Description[?]:
| With crime the way it is, allowing untrained, undirected citizens to run around with lethal weapons is just ridiculous. This bill will put weapons under the control of the state. |
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: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
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: Individuals are not permitted to own firearms under any circumstances.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Article 5
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: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
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.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:02:49, June 16, 2006 CET | From | Patriotic Unity Party | To | Debating the Weapons Control Act of 2245 |
| Message | We may be willing to compromise on Article 4. |
| Date | 22:03:30, June 25, 2006 CET | From | Patriotic Unity Party | To | Debating the Weapons Control Act of 2245 |
| Message | Why didn't the Socio-Democratic Union voice an objection to this bill when it was in debate. It is ethically wrong of them to vote against it now. I demand tat they reverse their vote. |
| Date | 22:04:21, June 25, 2006 CET | From | Patriotic Unity Party | To | Debating the Weapons Control Act of 2245 |
| Message | Obviously. there should should be a question mark in the post above, so here it is: ? |
| Date | 01:04:41, June 26, 2006 CET | From |  Imperial Dolgarian Military Party | To | Debating the Weapons Control Act of 2245 |
| Message | It is their vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 177 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 215 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 358 |
| Random fact: When your party holds the foreign affairs department, you can create new treaties. However, before writing anything new, it is a good idea to search for existing treaties which already accomplish what you desire. |
| Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |