Costa Alegria wrote:Othelos wrote:Here is Lanos' and my compromise bill. This should settle the issues we're having.Weapon and Paramilitary Regulation Act
Urgency: Very High
Drafted by: Othelos (PC) and Lanos (PC)
Co-Sponsored by:
Recognizing the need to regulate paramailitaries and weapons,
Noting that the Senate is very divided on whether and/or how to perform regulation,
Recommending the Senate to adopt this bill in order to ensure the integrity of the Senate,
Hereby adopts this bill as a compromise.
Section A: General Weapons Restrictions
1a. No person, business, or any other organization, excluding the military and agencies that require destructive devices, may purchase or sell weapons that are not firearms (this excludes weapons in the exclusion section of section D1). Consequences for violating this section can be anything from a fine of 10,000 NSC to life imprisonment, depending on the severity and frequency of offense.
1b. Weapons excluded from section 1a and may be legally purchased or sold include manual-action guns, pistols, semi-automatic, and automatic weapons. Purchasers or sellers must be at least 18 years of age.
1bi. Body armor may be legally sold or purchased by individuals that are at least 18 years of age and must not have committed a serious criminal offense. Using body armor for defense during violent crime shall be illegal, and will warrant anything from a fine of 30,000 NSC to lifetime imprisonment, depending on the degree and frequency of use.
1bii. Weapons purchased before the existence of the Senate shall be excluded from section 1a, but only if the weapon(s) identification code and owners' name and address(es) are registered in the national database. The penalty for failing to do so can be anywhere from 2,500 NSC to 15,000 NSC, depending on the severity of the infraction of the number of weapons per owner.
2a. Businesses that sell any weapons that comply with section 1b must perform stringent background check on all persons purchasing weapons, and then add the purchaser's name, address(es), and purchased weapon(s) identification code to a national database, in order to ensure better security for the nation.
2b. Any prospective purchaser of automatic weapons must also obtain a permit from the government before purchasing one of these weapons. In order to obtain a licence, the prospective purchaser may not have a) committed a serious criminal offense or b) have a mental illness or a psychological disorder. Prospective purchasers of manual-action guns, pistols, or semi-automatic weapons may obtain a permit if they wish, but are not obligated to.
3. Each citizen shall have the right to bear arms, as long as he or she complies with section 1bii, 2a, and 2b of this act.
Section C: Body Armor and Other Personal Protective Equipment
1a. The purchase, possession, and sale of body armor in the country shall be legal with the same general restrictions as regulating the purchase, possession, and sale of weapons that do not require a government permit. Body armor may be legally sold or purchased by individuals that are at least 18 years of age and must not have committed a serious criminal offense. Persons that have been convicted of a serious criminal offense are forbidden to purchase such armor.
1b. Using body armor for defense during violent crime shall be illegal, and will warrant anything from a fine of 30,000 NSC to lifetime imprisonment, depending on the degree and frequency of use.
1c. Certain types of body armor that are to be restricted to civilians are types that feature a special feature that enables protection from rifle rounds in contrast to normal body armor that protects against pistol rounds. Such a purchase must require a government permit before its purchase. It is an offense to possess such body armor without a permit and punishable by a 10,000NSC fine.
2. The possession of other types of protective equipment, such as gas masks, shall be legal for possession regardless of criminal history or mental history.
Section C: Restrictions on Paramilitaries
1a. Paramilitaries, after the passage of this act, have a ten day grace period before they must give their weapons up to the government. They may voluntarily give up weapons before the grace period ends. The government must store these weapons in a secure, secret location, if they comply with sections A1 and D1. Weapons that do not comply with sections A1 and D1will be destroyed.
1b. This excludes former members of paramilitary organizations that were peacefully disarmed or have surrendered while such an organization was engaged in a state of belligerence against the government. Individuals shall have the right to possess their privately-owned weapons and the right to bear arms during and after the disbandment of the paramilitary organization they belonged to, as long as the weapons comply with Section 1A.
1c. Members of paramilitary organizations that are or were in a state of belligerence against the government and were captured by government forces may not retain their privately-owned weapons, but shall retain the right to bear arms again unless proven guilty of a crime in a court of law for a) a serious criminal offense or b) crimes related to to paramilitary organization.
2. Once a paramilitary has been disbanded, the government must return weapons to ex-members.
3. If a weapon that has been confiscated and complies with sections A1 and D1 is damaged or destroyed, the government must fully compensate the value of the damages, according to the degree of damage or destruction.
Section D: Definitions
1. Destructive devices are defined as weapons including, but not limited to, chemical/biological/incindiary/magnetic/energy/explosive weapons, rockets, bombs, tanks, experimental weapons, and weapons in development. Weapons excluded, and that are legal to purchase, are swords (or similar), knives, and bow and arrows.
2. A mental illness is defined as a psychological pattern or anomaly that is generally associated with distress or disability, and which is not considered part of normal development in our culture. For the purposes of this bill, this only includes mental disorders that do not cause the person to become violent or lose touch with reality.
3. A background check is defined as a comprehensive investigation in the history of a person for serious criminal offenses or mental illness. Any persons found to have one or both is not permitted to purchase any weapons.
4. A national database is defined as a secure storage site for data. For the purposes of this bill, the database will only hold the name, weapon(s) identification code, and address(es) of a weapon owner.
5. A serious criminal offense is defined as violent crime, such as sexual offenses, murder, manslaughter, abduction, robbery, extortion, and assault.
6. A paramilitary is defined as an organization that functions as a military, but is not part of the state.
7. A weapon identification code is defined as a unique code between six and ten digits, which all weapons are required to possess. This, however, excludes antique weapons which are only for the purpose of collection or display. Failure to comply with this section will warrant a fine of between 5000 NSC and 25000 NSC, depending on whether the weapon whether the weapon was used in a crime.
So there's no clauses on whether or not people can walk around in public with a firearm or discharge one in public if they are not a member of government agencies?
I can add that in.
And how come only assault rifles require a government permit?
Because purchasers of other weapons will get a background check. A permit is just a double check by the government.
And why is there a life sentence? Why not something like a minimum of 10 years and then six months added on for each firearm for 1a?
I can add that in, too.
