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Bill: Handgun Waiting Period Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Malivia Labour 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: May 2289
Description[?]:
| The Act initially required purchasers to wait seven days for a background check to occur before purchasing a handgun from a firearms licensee, a dealer who is licensed to sell guns by the Trade and Industry Department.All federally-licensed firearms dealers must now verify the identity of a customer and receive authorization from the National Instant Check System (NICS). Sales between private parties are not subject to such scrutiny.The provision in the Act that mandate local law-enforcement officers will become in effect by creating a National Intracheck System (NICS) a computerized criminal background check online. NICS will be managed by the National Police Department.The system will run database checks on criminal records. A handgun purchaser may still have to wait for up to five business days if the NICS system fails to positively approve or deny his or her application to purchase a handgun. Local Governments may still have some form of alternative to the background check, such as concealed carry handgun permits or mandatory state or local checks. Unless an exception applies or the purchase is being made using an approved alternative method,this Law requires that background checks for individuals be conducted before a firearm may be purchased from a dealer. Unless there are additional local restrictions the firearm may be taken upon NICS approval. Purchases from a non licenced dealers are not subject to the HWPB law but may be covered under other local restrictions. This distinction prevails without regard to the locus of the sale. Thus licenced sales at gun shows are still subject to NICS approval while private sales are not. The so-called "Gun Show Amendament" would not apply to licensed Curios & Relics (C&R) collectors but only in respect to C&R firearms. The Licenced Dealer Category Curio & Relic license costs MCR30 and is valid for 3 years. Licensed C&R collectors may also purchase C&R firearms from private individuals or from firearms dealers,whether in their home region or in another region and ship C&R firearms in inter-region commerce by common carrier. Curios or relics are defined as "Firearms which are of special interest to collectors by reason of some quality other than is associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as offensive or defensive weapons ." The regulation further states "To be recognized as curios or relics, firearms must fall within one of the following categories: (a) Firearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current date, but not including replicas thereof; (b) Firearms which are certified by the curator of a local or National museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum interest; and (c) Any other firearms which derive a substantial part of their monetary value from the fact that they are novel, rare, bizarre, or because of their association with some historical figure, period, or event. Proof of qualification of a particular firearm under this category may be established by evidence of present value and evidence that like firearms are not available except as collector's items, or that the value of like firearms available in ordinary commercial channels is substantially less." |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Local governments may set and enforce concealed carry laws.
Current: Local governments may set and enforce concealed carry laws.
Proposed: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Current: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:07:39, September 19, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Labour Party | To | Debating the Handgun Waiting Period Bill |
| Message | This Bill is to require a waiting period for handgun purchases allowing local law enforcement authorities to check the background of prospective buyers.Anyone buying a handgun would have to wait seven days to determine if the buyer has a criminal record.The aim of this bill is to reduce violent crime associated with handguns.Another aim for this Bill is to support and enforce all other legislations that make the sale of firearms without a licence illegal. |
| Date | 04:47:18, September 20, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Handgun Waiting Period Bill |
| Message | Question on what weapons would be permitted. Article 2 suggest that any weapon can be purchased provided that the buyer is not a loonatic or homicidal. Is this what we want? |
| Date | 22:49:13, September 21, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Labour Party | To | Debating the Handgun Waiting Period Bill |
| Message | To the Protectorate Party,If Article 2 is restored to the present value,would your party vote for this measure,you may be right,the present value is more compatible with my proposal |
| Date | 01:19:58, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Handgun Waiting Period Bill |
| Message | we could support the third article perhaps, however we prefer local control over issues where possible, and we feel the first article can remain local. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 199 |
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