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Bill: Guns in the Right Hands Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democractic Socialist Party of Lodamun
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: April 2077
Description[?]:
| This Act will allow only people with licenses to own firearms; that part is simple. As to what is required to acquire a license is open for debate. |
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 own guns under strict license conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:02:33, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | Two eyes, one hand at least, and half a brain. No seriously a gun is something that a potential user should be properly trained to use. So licenses should depend on passing a certified firearms use, maintenance and safety course, or on the applicant having served in the military or in law enforcement. We do not see any need for a minimum age, as the course would include evaluation of responsibility. |
| Date | 18:13:09, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | Applicants must pass a safety course. Those owning firearms must register them. |
| Date | 21:27:22, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | Shall we proceed to allow only licensed citizens to own knives, dart sets, power tools, and anything that could be used as a weapon? |
| Date | 21:41:06, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | There are arguments both sides here. We see no harm in requiring people to obtain safety certificates (effectively) if they wish to own a gun. Guns do not have the multiple uses that knives, darts, power tools or other incidental weapons have. They are purely and solely weapons, nothing else. We would request that this is extrended from just guns to include all artifacts whose primary purpose is that of being used as a weapon. i.e. this should include bows and arrows, swords, crossbows, sri-ken, spears etc. |
| Date | 22:45:33, July 06, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | While we support the licensing of weapon users, we really would like the terms of the bill to specify that this aplies to aall artifacts that are specificaly designed to be weapons, not just guns. |
| Date | 00:26:34, July 07, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | Our position on this remains unaltered from the previous debate and we cannot support this bill. |
| Date | 20:07:14, July 07, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Guns in the Right Hands Act |
| Message | As the proposer seems unwilling to alter the bill, we will vote against, as it is discriminatory against firearms. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 18 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 327 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 105 |
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