NSG Senate Coffee Shop [NSG Senate]

[Polvia]

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Here are my drafts for the suggestions discussed earlier. Look good to you?

Any criminal offense performed by a person that would otherwise disqualify them from acquiring a license, after acquiring a license, shall result in the revoking of that license and any other form of concealed carry license, or any other form of license in which criminal background checks are a prerequisite.

In order for any citizen to be able to acquire a weapon they have an individual gun license, which shall be able to be acquired legally from the police and the military of the nation.

In order to acquire a license to own a firearm, a citizen must first be subject to a stringent background and mental health check. Following this they must attend and pass a gun safety course. Only upon the successful completion of both of these shall they be issued a licence to own a firearm. This license must be renewed upon every fifth year after the acquisition of such a license, and the citizen must be subject to the same protocol as if they were acquiring a license to own a firearm.

A gun safety course, for the purposes of this bill, is a course offered by the police or military which exists for the sole purpose of teaching marksmanship, proper use and maintenance of a firearm and the proper storage and safe use of a firearm.

Also, I would highly recommend removing any mention of the “Right to Bear Arms”. Having such a clause can potentially make instituting even the most basic of gun regulation difficult at best. Might I recommend the following replacement?:

Under the passage of this law, all citizens shall be permitted to own a firearm…

[Wolfmanne]

Internal Security Force Bill (2013)
Co-drafted by: Costa Alegria and Wolfmanne || Urgency: High
Co-sponsors: Britcan (TR)

Preamble
The security of our nation is a top priority for the government and the Senate. Election to the Senate gives you the responsibility to ensure that you can hold the government to account in ensuring the safety and security of our people. However, it is not the responsibility of individual political parties to act as the judge, jury and executioner, for only multiple political parties and not just one can hold the government to account. Furthermore, we recognise that whether you support or oppose the Right to Bear Arms, in a time such as this, we need to reach a compromise until specific firearms legislation promoting or restricting the ownership of guns. In order to further the government's ability to ensure the security of this nation, we see the need for the creation of a government organisation to do just that, as evidenced by the 1st Festival of Republic, where armed right-wing paramilitaries are attempting to agitate left-wing paramilitaries into destabilising the nation.

Article 1: Formation of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
1a: In light of potential civil war and for use in a time of a national or regional emergency the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is to be established under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior.
1b: An Aurentinian Gendarmerie Academy shall also be established with the function of training officers.
1c: Also establishes specially trained sub-forces for special operations and riot control.
1d: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall be organised into a series of Brigades consisting of a number of Regiments from different regions.
1e: In times of war, the Aurentinian Gendarmerie or individual Brigades and Regiments may be drafted by the National Defense Force to provide rear security, police the military and for national defense against external threats, based upon the threat to national security this war may have. Gendarmes are to be considered a part of the military and not civilians, however whilst the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is considered to be a military organisation, it does not come under the National Defense Force but the Ministry of the Interior, unless they have been drafted.
1d: All Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall be accountable for their actions and subject to review by both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.
1f: Gendarmes shall have policing powers as established by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act in situations where which require the temporary deployment of Aurentinian Gendarmerie personnel or within jurisdictions that apply to the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.

Article 2: Jurisdiction and Deployment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
2a: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall provide security of public institutions, ministries and courts, embassies and consulates international airports, national museums, nuclear power plants, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events and our national borders.
2b: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall conduct high risk arrests, disaster response, SWAT operations, the suppression of internal armed conflicts and riots, the policing of areas without a sufficient amount of civilian police, to support local constabularies and counter-terrorism operations.
2c: Herein also decrees that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall assist the Police, Emergency Medical Services and the Fire Service in times of natural or man-made disaster.

Article 3: Uniforms and Equipment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
3a: All members of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall have three primary uniforms: Dress, Operational and Ceremonial.
3b: Operational uniforms shall consist of a standard red beret, black bulletproof vest and belt kit (both of which should not intrude into how the officer moves), a khaki green polo shirt and light khaki button shirt along with accompanying jersey and cargo pants as well as black combat boots.
3c: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers on duty may carry the following equipment:
[*]One pair of handcuffs.
[*]One telescopic baton.
[*]One can of CS spray.
[*]One personal radio set.
[*]The badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
[*]The cap-badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
Additionally, it shall be mandated that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall have the minimum of one firearm per officer with spare ammunition as the officer sees fit.
3d: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers use firearms that use the same calibre of ammunition as both the National Defense Force and the National Police Force. Officers may also use firearms seized from criminals and paramilitaries as long as they comply with safety regulations and are military grade or the equivalent.
3e: Herein forbids officers to use firearms which are temporarily seized from their owners or garishly decorated, unless usage is required to prevent loss of life or physical injury and no alternative firearm of sufficient power is available.
3f: Recommending that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie adopt a standardised vehicle for their respective tasks.
3g: Mandating that all non-combat vehicles carry a green and white livery with blue lights. Mandating that all combat vehicles carry a dark green livery with white letters and orange hazard lights.
3h: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers to use non-combat and combat ground vehicles in operations.
3i: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers the use of seized or captured non-combat and combat vehicles.

Article 4: On Paramilitaries
4a: All paramilitaries, with the exception of those under the auspices of government agencies, are to be formally disbanded, including those under political parties and those otherwise independent from them, such as vigilante groups or citizen militias.
4b: All paramilitaries are to surrender their arms, munitions and vehicles with mounted weaponry that may have the potential of causing lethal harm to others to the Ministry of Justice, who shall issue disarmament warrants to law enforcement agencies.
4c: Paramilitaries that fail to disarm or be disbanded are to be designated as terrorist organisations. If they are under the auspices of a parent organisation, such as a political party, then they are to dissuade links from that paramilitary or they to shall be considered a terrorist organisation.
4d: The creation of new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias is banned and all new paramilitaries are to be recognised as terrorist organisations. Any organisations, such as political parties, that endorse new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias are also to be designated as terrorist organisations.
4e: Paramilitaries or individual members who fail to disarm may be arrested and trialed on the charges of refusal to disarm, illegal promotion of paramilitary activities and terrorism.

Article 5: Terrorist Organisations
5a: A terrorist organisation shall be defined as an armed paramilitary, vigilante or citizen militias that have refused to be disarmed in accordance with the paramilitary ban in Articles 1a.
5b: Herein also extends the definition of terrorist organisations as groups that acts, or has the potential to act, in a violent manner towards the state and its citizens and those that commit acts of violence against the state and its citizens for the advancement of an agenda.
5c: The Ministry of Justice may declare an organisation that does not operate in Aurentina that has received internationally widespread condemnation for the violent manner in which it has acted.

Article 6: Citizen's Arrest
6a: A Citizen's Arrest may be made if against anyone in the act of committing an offense, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence.
6b: A Citizen's Arrest may also be made where an offence has been committed, anyone who is guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it.
6c: A Citizen's Arrest is not permitted if there is a law enforcement officer who is in a better position to make an arrest.
6d: Reasonability in a citizen's arrest shall be defined as the prevention of physical injury to the arrestee or others, the loss or damage of property and the absconding before a law enforcement officer can assume responsibility for him. In addition, if the offender has committed any of these acts, then a citizen's arrest may be conducted.

Article 7: Private Security
7a: A security officer, or security guard, shall be defined as a privately and formally employed uniformed citizen who is paid and qualified to protect property, assets, or people by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, observing for signs of crime, fire or disorder and either reporting the incident to the local constabulary or using necessary force to suppress the perpetrator in the event that the physical well being of others can be potentially harmed, via a citizen's arrest or the usage of force as a last resort.
7b: The Office of Security Industry Regulation (Ofsecure) is established to regulate the security industry, to formally license security officers and to formally award qualifications to security trainees.
7c: Ofsecure shall establish a series of qualifications that are a basic requirement to be licensed as a security officer. The first is the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security, which shall consist of 48 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an unarmed security officer in all private properties. The other two qualifications are the Ofsecure Certification of Armed Security, which consists of 12 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an armed security officer on all private properties and the Ofsecure Certification of Security Maintenance, which consists of 24 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to design, install, and repair security devices.
7d: To be issued a license from Ofsecure, a prospective security officer must be aged 18, must have completed upper secondary education as defined by the International Standard Classification of Education, be subject to approval by the local constabulary, pass a test, have at least obtained the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security as a minimum and have no ongoing mental health issues. The license should list all of the Ofsecure security qualifications obtained.
7e: License renewal shall occur every 5 years and shall consist of the same standard tests. Qualifications are renewed by passing a written paper regarding the subject.
7f: A security officer is to be uniformed in an appropriate manner and may not wear clothing or emblems of anything that is militaristic or promotes the ideology of political party. A security officer may wear a beret or a peaked cap and is to be dressed in a uniform that is predominantly blue or black.
7g: A security officer may make a citizen's arrest (defined in Article 4) if necessary or may assist a law enforcement officer in making an arrest, if requested to do so by the said officer.
7h: An armed security officer must comply with any firearms legislation that may be set, including any licensing requirement or any background checks that are required to be made.
7i: Private security companies must register with Ofsecure and they are only permitted to employ qualified, licensed security officers.
7j: Private security companies will be subject to inspections by Ofsecure.
7k: Private security companies are required to offer qualifications training in all three certificates categories.

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Might add an additional section regarding the establishment of an intelligence and security agency. Any opinions on that?

[The Republic of Lanos]

Internal Security Force Bill (2013)
Co-drafted by: Costa Alegria and Wolfmanne || Urgency: High
Co-sponsors: Britcan (TR)

Preamble
The security of our nation is a top priority for the government and the Senate. Election to the Senate gives you the responsibility to ensure that you can hold the government to account in ensuring the safety and security of our people. However, it is not the responsibility of individual political parties to act as the judge, jury and executioner, for only multiple political parties and not just one can hold the government to account. Furthermore, we recognise that whether you support or oppose the Right to Bear Arms, in a time such as this, we need to reach a compromise until specific firearms legislation promoting or restricting the ownership of guns. In order to further the government's ability to ensure the security of this nation, we see the need for the creation of a government organisation to do just that, as evidenced by the 1st Festival of Republic, where armed right-wing paramilitaries are attempting to agitate left-wing paramilitaries into destabilising the nation.

Article 1: Formation of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
1a: In light of potential civil war and for use in a time of a national or regional emergency the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is to be established under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior.
1b: An Aurentinian Gendarmerie Academy shall also be established with the function of training officers.
1c: Also establishes specially trained sub-forces for special operations and riot control.
1d: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall be organised into a series of Brigades consisting of a number of Regiments from different regions.
1e: In times of war, the Aurentinian Gendarmerie or individual Brigades and Regiments may be drafted by the National Defense Force to provide rear security, police the military and for national defense against external threats, based upon the threat to national security this war may have. Gendarmes are to be considered a part of the military and not civilians, however whilst the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is considered to be a military organisation, it does not come under the National Defense Force but the Ministry of the Interior, unless they have been drafted.
1d: All Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall be accountable for their actions and subject to review by both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.
1f: Gendarmes shall have policing powers as established by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act in situations where which require the temporary deployment of Aurentinian Gendarmerie personnel or within jurisdictions that apply to the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.

Article 2: Jurisdiction and Deployment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
2a: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall provide security of public institutions, ministries and courts, embassies and consulates international airports, national museums, nuclear power plants, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events and our national borders.
2b: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall conduct high risk arrests, disaster response, SWAT operations, the suppression of internal armed conflicts and riots, the policing of areas without a sufficient amount of civilian police, to support local constabularies and counter-terrorism operations.
2c: Herein also decrees that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall assist the Police, Emergency Medical Services and the Fire Service in times of natural or man-made disaster.

Article 3: Uniforms and Equipment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
3a: All members of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall have three primary uniforms: Dress, Operational and Ceremonial.
3b: Operational uniforms shall consist of a standard red beret, black bulletproof vest and belt kit (both of which should not intrude into how the officer moves), a khaki green polo shirt and light khaki button shirt along with accompanying jersey and cargo pants as well as black combat boots.
3c: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers on duty may carry the following equipment:
[*]One pair of handcuffs.
[*]One telescopic baton.
[*]One can of CS spray.
[*]One personal radio set.
[*]The badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
[*]The cap-badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
Additionally, it shall be mandated that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall have the minimum of one firearm per officer with spare ammunition as the officer sees fit.
3d: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers use firearms that use the same calibre of ammunition as both the National Defense Force and the National Police Force. Officers may also use firearms seized from criminals and paramilitaries as long as they comply with safety regulations and are military grade or the equivalent.
3e: Herein forbids officers to use firearms which are temporarily seized from their owners or garishly decorated, unless usage is required to prevent loss of life or physical injury and no alternative firearm of sufficient power is available.
3f: Recommending that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie adopt a standardised vehicle for their respective tasks.
3g: Mandating that all non-combat vehicles carry a green and white livery with blue lights. Mandating that all combat vehicles carry a dark green livery with white letters and orange hazard lights.
3h: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers to use non-combat and combat ground vehicles in operations.
3i: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers the use of seized or captured non-combat and combat vehicles.

Article 4: On Paramilitaries
4a: All paramilitaries, with the exception of those under the auspices of government agencies, are to be formally disbanded, including those under political parties and those otherwise independent from them, such as vigilante groups or citizen militias.
4b: All paramilitaries are to surrender their arms, munitions and vehicles with mounted weaponry that may have the potential of causing lethal harm to others to the Ministry of Justice, who shall issue disarmament warrants to law enforcement agencies.
4c: Paramilitaries that fail to disarm or be disbanded are to be designated as terrorist organisations. If they are under the auspices of a parent organisation, such as a political party, then they are to dissuade links from that paramilitary or they to shall be considered a terrorist organisation.
4d: The creation of new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias is banned and all new paramilitaries are to be recognised as terrorist organisations. Any organisations, such as political parties, that endorse new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias are also to be designated as terrorist organisations.
4e: Paramilitaries or individual members who fail to disarm may be arrested and trialed on the charges of refusal to disarm, illegal promotion of paramilitary activities and terrorism.

Article 5: Terrorist Organisations
5a: A terrorist organisation shall be defined as an armed paramilitary, vigilante or citizen militias that have refused to be disarmed in accordance with the paramilitary ban in Articles 1a.
5b: Herein also extends the definition of terrorist organisations as groups that acts, or has the potential to act, in a violent manner towards the state and its citizens and those that commit acts of violence against the state and its citizens for the advancement of an agenda.
5c: The Ministry of Justice may declare an organisation that does not operate in Aurentina that has received internationally widespread condemnation for the violent manner in which it has acted.

Article 6: Citizen's Arrest
6a: A Citizen's Arrest may be made if against anyone in the act of committing an offense, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence.
6b: A Citizen's Arrest may also be made where an offence has been committed, anyone who is guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it.
6c: A Citizen's Arrest is not permitted if there is a law enforcement officer who is in a better position to make an arrest.
6d: Reasonability in a citizen's arrest shall be defined as the prevention of physical injury to the arrestee or others, the loss or damage of property and the absconding before a law enforcement officer can assume responsibility for him. In addition, if the offender has committed any of these acts, then a citizen's arrest may be conducted.

Article 7: Private Security
7a: A security officer, or security guard, shall be defined as a privately and formally employed uniformed citizen who is paid and qualified to protect property, assets, or people by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, observing for signs of crime, fire or disorder and either reporting the incident to the local constabulary or using necessary force to suppress the perpetrator in the event that the physical well being of others can be potentially harmed, via a citizen's arrest or the usage of force as a last resort.
7b: The Office of Security Industry Regulation (Ofsecure) is established to regulate the security industry, to formally license security officers and to formally award qualifications to security trainees.
7c: Ofsecure shall establish a series of qualifications that are a basic requirement to be licensed as a security officer. The first is the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security, which shall consist of 48 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an unarmed security officer in all private properties. The other two qualifications are the Ofsecure Certification of Armed Security, which consists of 12 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an armed security officer on all private properties and the Ofsecure Certification of Security Maintenance, which consists of 24 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to design, install, and repair security devices.
7d: To be issued a license from Ofsecure, a prospective security officer must be aged 18, must have completed upper secondary education as defined by the International Standard Classification of Education, be subject to approval by the local constabulary, pass a test, have at least obtained the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security as a minimum and have no ongoing mental health issues. The license should list all of the Ofsecure security qualifications obtained.
7e: License renewal shall occur every 5 years and shall consist of the same standard tests. Qualifications are renewed by passing a written paper regarding the subject.
7f: A security officer is to be uniformed in an appropriate manner and may not wear clothing or emblems of anything that is militaristic or promotes the ideology of political party. A security officer may wear a beret or a peaked cap and is to be dressed in a uniform that is predominantly blue or black.
7g: A security officer may make a citizen's arrest (defined in Article 4) if necessary or may assist a law enforcement officer in making an arrest, if requested to do so by the said officer.
7h: An armed security officer must comply with any firearms legislation that may be set, including any licensing requirement or any background checks that are required to be made.
7i: Private security companies must register with Ofsecure and they are only permitted to employ qualified, licensed security officers.
7j: Private security companies will be subject to inspections by Ofsecure.
7k: Private security companies are required to offer qualifications training in all three certificates categories.

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Might add an additional section regarding the establishment of an intelligence and security agency. Any opinions on that?

Will this be a domestic spying organization?

[Wolfmanne]

Internal Security Force Bill (2013)
Co-drafted by: Costa Alegria and Wolfmanne || Urgency: High
Co-sponsors: Britcan (TR)

Preamble
The security of our nation is a top priority for the government and the Senate. Election to the Senate gives you the responsibility to ensure that you can hold the government to account in ensuring the safety and security of our people. However, it is not the responsibility of individual political parties to act as the judge, jury and executioner, for only multiple political parties and not just one can hold the government to account. Furthermore, we recognise that whether you support or oppose the Right to Bear Arms, in a time such as this, we need to reach a compromise until specific firearms legislation promoting or restricting the ownership of guns. In order to further the government's ability to ensure the security of this nation, we see the need for the creation of a government organisation to do just that, as evidenced by the 1st Festival of Republic, where armed right-wing paramilitaries are attempting to agitate left-wing paramilitaries into destabilising the nation.

Article 1: Formation of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
1a: In light of potential civil war and for use in a time of a national or regional emergency the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is to be established under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior.
1b: An Aurentinian Gendarmerie Academy shall also be established with the function of training officers.
1c: Also establishes specially trained sub-forces for special operations and riot control.
1d: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall be organised into a series of Brigades consisting of a number of Regiments from different regions.
1e: In times of war, the Aurentinian Gendarmerie or individual Brigades and Regiments may be drafted by the National Defense Force to provide rear security, police the military and for national defense against external threats, based upon the threat to national security this war may have. Gendarmes are to be considered a part of the military and not civilians, however whilst the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is considered to be a military organisation, it does not come under the National Defense Force but the Ministry of the Interior, unless they have been drafted.
1d: All Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall be accountable for their actions and subject to review by both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.
1f: Gendarmes shall have policing powers as established by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act in situations where which require the temporary deployment of Aurentinian Gendarmerie personnel or within jurisdictions that apply to the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.

Article 2: Jurisdiction and Deployment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
2a: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall provide security of public institutions, ministries and courts, embassies and consulates international airports, national museums, nuclear power plants, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events and our national borders.
2b: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall conduct high risk arrests, disaster response, SWAT operations, the suppression of internal armed conflicts and riots, the policing of areas without a sufficient amount of civilian police, to support local constabularies and counter-terrorism operations.
2c: Herein also decrees that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall assist the Police, Emergency Medical Services and the Fire Service in times of natural or man-made disaster.

Article 3: Uniforms and Equipment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
3a: All members of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall have three primary uniforms: Dress, Operational and Ceremonial.
3b: Operational uniforms shall consist of a standard red beret, black bulletproof vest and belt kit (both of which should not intrude into how the officer moves), a khaki green polo shirt and light khaki button shirt along with accompanying jersey and cargo pants as well as black combat boots.
3c: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers on duty may carry the following equipment:
[*]One pair of handcuffs.
[*]One telescopic baton.
[*]One can of CS spray.
[*]One personal radio set.
[*]The badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
[*]The cap-badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
Additionally, it shall be mandated that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall have the minimum of one firearm per officer with spare ammunition as the officer sees fit.
3d: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers use firearms that use the same calibre of ammunition as both the National Defense Force and the National Police Force. Officers may also use firearms seized from criminals and paramilitaries as long as they comply with safety regulations and are military grade or the equivalent.
3e: Herein forbids officers to use firearms which are temporarily seized from their owners or garishly decorated, unless usage is required to prevent loss of life or physical injury and no alternative firearm of sufficient power is available.
3f: Recommending that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie adopt a standardised vehicle for their respective tasks.
3g: Mandating that all non-combat vehicles carry a green and white livery with blue lights. Mandating that all combat vehicles carry a dark green livery with white letters and orange hazard lights.
3h: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers to use non-combat and combat ground vehicles in operations.
3i: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers the use of seized or captured non-combat and combat vehicles.

Article 4: On Paramilitaries
4a: All paramilitaries, with the exception of those under the auspices of government agencies, are to be formally disbanded, including those under political parties and those otherwise independent from them, such as vigilante groups or citizen militias.
4b: All paramilitaries are to surrender their arms, munitions and vehicles with mounted weaponry that may have the potential of causing lethal harm to others to the Ministry of Justice, who shall issue disarmament warrants to law enforcement agencies.
4c: Paramilitaries that fail to disarm or be disbanded are to be designated as terrorist organisations. If they are under the auspices of a parent organisation, such as a political party, then they are to dissuade links from that paramilitary or they to shall be considered a terrorist organisation.
4d: The creation of new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias is banned and all new paramilitaries are to be recognised as terrorist organisations. Any organisations, such as political parties, that endorse new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias are also to be designated as terrorist organisations.
4e: Paramilitaries or individual members who fail to disarm may be arrested and trialed on the charges of refusal to disarm, illegal promotion of paramilitary activities and terrorism.

Article 5: Terrorist Organisations
5a: A terrorist organisation shall be defined as an armed paramilitary, vigilante or citizen militias that have refused to be disarmed in accordance with the paramilitary ban in Articles 1a.
5b: Herein also extends the definition of terrorist organisations as groups that acts, or has the potential to act, in a violent manner towards the state and its citizens and those that commit acts of violence against the state and its citizens for the advancement of an agenda.
5c: The Ministry of Justice may declare an organisation that does not operate in Aurentina that has received internationally widespread condemnation for the violent manner in which it has acted.

Article 6: Citizen's Arrest
6a: A Citizen's Arrest may be made if against anyone in the act of committing an offense, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence.
6b: A Citizen's Arrest may also be made where an offence has been committed, anyone who is guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it.
6c: A Citizen's Arrest is not permitted if there is a law enforcement officer who is in a better position to make an arrest.
6d: Reasonability in a citizen's arrest shall be defined as the prevention of physical injury to the arrestee or others, the loss or damage of property and the absconding before a law enforcement officer can assume responsibility for him. In addition, if the offender has committed any of these acts, then a citizen's arrest may be conducted.

Article 7: Private Security
7a: A security officer, or security guard, shall be defined as a privately and formally employed uniformed citizen who is paid and qualified to protect property, assets, or people by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, observing for signs of crime, fire or disorder and either reporting the incident to the local constabulary or using necessary force to suppress the perpetrator in the event that the physical well being of others can be potentially harmed, via a citizen's arrest or the usage of force as a last resort.
7b: The Office of Security Industry Regulation (Ofsecure) is established to regulate the security industry, to formally license security officers and to formally award qualifications to security trainees.
7c: Ofsecure shall establish a series of qualifications that are a basic requirement to be licensed as a security officer. The first is the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security, which shall consist of 48 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an unarmed security officer in all private properties. The other two qualifications are the Ofsecure Certification of Armed Security, which consists of 12 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an armed security officer on all private properties and the Ofsecure Certification of Security Maintenance, which consists of 24 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to design, install, and repair security devices.
7d: To be issued a license from Ofsecure, a prospective security officer must be aged 18, must have completed upper secondary education as defined by the International Standard Classification of Education, be subject to approval by the local constabulary, pass a test, have at least obtained the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security as a minimum and have no ongoing mental health issues. The license should list all of the Ofsecure security qualifications obtained.
7e: License renewal shall occur every 5 years and shall consist of the same standard tests. Qualifications are renewed by passing a written paper regarding the subject.
7f: A security officer is to be uniformed in an appropriate manner and may not wear clothing or emblems of anything that is militaristic or promotes the ideology of political party. A security officer may wear a beret or a peaked cap and is to be dressed in a uniform that is predominantly blue or black.
7g: A security officer may make a citizen's arrest (defined in Article 4) if necessary or may assist a law enforcement officer in making an arrest, if requested to do so by the said officer.
7h: An armed security officer must comply with any firearms legislation that may be set, including any licensing requirement or any background checks that are required to be made.
7i: Private security companies must register with Ofsecure and they are only permitted to employ qualified, licensed security officers.
7j: Private security companies will be subject to inspections by Ofsecure.
7k: Private security companies are required to offer qualifications training in all three certificates categories.

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Might add an additional section regarding the establishment of an intelligence and security agency. Any opinions on that?

Will this be a domestic spying organization?

Not sure what you mean by domestic spying organisation. What I'm proposing is the creation of three intelligence agencies; the Directorate of Intelligence (intelligence agency, like the CIA/MI6), the Directorate of Counterintelligence (security agency, like FBI/MI5) and the Directorate of National Security (cryptography and signals intelligence, like the NSA/GCHQ).

Of course, if you have any cooler names, then go for it. Regarding the concern on domestic surveillance, if that's what you mean, then I can include a clause prohibiting any of the three agencies from domestic surveillance until legislation regarding government surveillance is introduced (I was going to include it in the ISA, but my neoconservative views might mean that my ideas are a tad controversial).

[Strykla]

Internal Security Force Bill (2013)
Co-drafted by: Costa Alegria and Wolfmanne || Urgency: High
Co-sponsors: Britcan (TR)

Preamble
The security of our nation is a top priority for the government and the Senate. Election to the Senate gives you the responsibility to ensure that you can hold the government to account in ensuring the safety and security of our people. However, it is not the responsibility of individual political parties to act as the judge, jury and executioner, for only multiple political parties and not just one can hold the government to account. Furthermore, we recognise that whether you support or oppose the Right to Bear Arms, in a time such as this, we need to reach a compromise until specific firearms legislation promoting or restricting the ownership of guns. In order to further the government's ability to ensure the security of this nation, we see the need for the creation of a government organisation to do just that, as evidenced by the 1st Festival of Republic, where armed right-wing paramilitaries are attempting to agitate left-wing paramilitaries into destabilising the nation.

Article 1: Formation of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
1a: In light of potential civil war and for use in a time of a national or regional emergency the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is to be established under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior.
1b: An Aurentinian Gendarmerie Academy shall also be established with the function of training officers.
1c: Also establishes specially trained sub-forces for special operations and riot control.
1d: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall be organised into a series of Brigades consisting of a number of Regiments from different regions.
1e: In times of war, the Aurentinian Gendarmerie or individual Brigades and Regiments may be drafted by the National Defense Force to provide rear security, police the military and for national defense against external threats, based upon the threat to national security this war may have. Gendarmes are to be considered a part of the military and not civilians, however whilst the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is considered to be a military organisation, it does not come under the National Defense Force but the Ministry of the Interior, unless they have been drafted.
1d: All Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall be accountable for their actions and subject to review by both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.
1f: Gendarmes shall have policing powers as established by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act in situations where which require the temporary deployment of Aurentinian Gendarmerie personnel or within jurisdictions that apply to the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.

Article 2: Jurisdiction and Deployment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
2a: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall provide security of public institutions, ministries and courts, embassies and consulates international airports, national museums, nuclear power plants, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events and our national borders.
2b: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall conduct high risk arrests, disaster response, SWAT operations, the suppression of internal armed conflicts and riots, the policing of areas without a sufficient amount of civilian police, to support local constabularies and counter-terrorism operations.
2c: Herein also decrees that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall assist the Police, Emergency Medical Services and the Fire Service in times of natural or man-made disaster.

Article 3: Uniforms and Equipment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
3a: All members of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall have three primary uniforms: Dress, Operational and Ceremonial.
3b: Operational uniforms shall consist of a standard red beret, black bulletproof vest and belt kit (both of which should not intrude into how the officer moves), a khaki green polo shirt and light khaki button shirt along with accompanying jersey and cargo pants as well as black combat boots.
3c: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers on duty may carry the following equipment:
[*]One pair of handcuffs.
[*]One telescopic baton.
[*]One can of CS spray.
[*]One personal radio set.
[*]The badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
[*]The cap-badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
Additionally, it shall be mandated that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall have the minimum of one firearm per officer with spare ammunition as the officer sees fit.
3d: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers use firearms that use the same calibre of ammunition as both the National Defense Force and the National Police Force. Officers may also use firearms seized from criminals and paramilitaries as long as they comply with safety regulations and are military grade or the equivalent.
3e: Herein forbids officers to use firearms which are temporarily seized from their owners or garishly decorated, unless usage is required to prevent loss of life or physical injury and no alternative firearm of sufficient power is available.
3f: Recommending that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie adopt a standardised vehicle for their respective tasks.
3g: Mandating that all non-combat vehicles carry a green and white livery with blue lights. Mandating that all combat vehicles carry a dark green livery with white letters and orange hazard lights.
3h: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers to use non-combat and combat ground vehicles in operations.
3i: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers the use of seized or captured non-combat and combat vehicles.

Article 4: On Paramilitaries
4a: All paramilitaries, with the exception of those under the auspices of government agencies, are to be formally disbanded, including those under political parties and those otherwise independent from them, such as vigilante groups or citizen militias.
4b: All paramilitaries are to surrender their arms, munitions and vehicles with mounted weaponry that may have the potential of causing lethal harm to others to the Ministry of Justice, who shall issue disarmament warrants to law enforcement agencies.
4c: Paramilitaries that fail to disarm or be disbanded are to be designated as terrorist organisations. If they are under the auspices of a parent organisation, such as a political party, then they are to dissuade links from that paramilitary or they to shall be considered a terrorist organisation.
4d: The creation of new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias is banned and all new paramilitaries are to be recognised as terrorist organisations. Any organisations, such as political parties, that endorse new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias are also to be designated as terrorist organisations.
4e: Paramilitaries or individual members who fail to disarm may be arrested and trialed on the charges of refusal to disarm, illegal promotion of paramilitary activities and terrorism.

Article 5: Terrorist Organisations
5a: A terrorist organisation shall be defined as an armed paramilitary, vigilante or citizen militias that have refused to be disarmed in accordance with the paramilitary ban in Articles 1a.
5b: Herein also extends the definition of terrorist organisations as groups that acts, or has the potential to act, in a violent manner towards the state and its citizens and those that commit acts of violence against the state and its citizens for the advancement of an agenda.
5c: The Ministry of Justice may declare an organisation that does not operate in Aurentina that has received internationally widespread condemnation for the violent manner in which it has acted.

Article 6: Citizen's Arrest
6a: A Citizen's Arrest may be made if against anyone in the act of committing an offense, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence.
6b: A Citizen's Arrest may also be made where an offence has been committed, anyone who is guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it.
6c: A Citizen's Arrest is not permitted if there is a law enforcement officer who is in a better position to make an arrest.
6d: Reasonability in a citizen's arrest shall be defined as the prevention of physical injury to the arrestee or others, the loss or damage of property and the absconding before a law enforcement officer can assume responsibility for him. In addition, if the offender has committed any of these acts, then a citizen's arrest may be conducted.

Article 7: Private Security
7a: A security officer, or security guard, shall be defined as a privately and formally employed uniformed citizen who is paid and qualified to protect property, assets, or people by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, observing for signs of crime, fire or disorder and either reporting the incident to the local constabulary or using necessary force to suppress the perpetrator in the event that the physical well being of others can be potentially harmed, via a citizen's arrest or the usage of force as a last resort.
7b: The Office of Security Industry Regulation (Ofsecure) is established to regulate the security industry, to formally license security officers and to formally award qualifications to security trainees.
7c: Ofsecure shall establish a series of qualifications that are a basic requirement to be licensed as a security officer. The first is the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security, which shall consist of 48 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an unarmed security officer in all private properties. The other two qualifications are the Ofsecure Certification of Armed Security, which consists of 12 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an armed security officer on all private properties and the Ofsecure Certification of Security Maintenance, which consists of 24 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to design, install, and repair security devices.
7d: To be issued a license from Ofsecure, a prospective security officer must be aged 18, must have completed upper secondary education as defined by the International Standard Classification of Education, be subject to approval by the local constabulary, pass a test, have at least obtained the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security as a minimum and have no ongoing mental health issues. The license should list all of the Ofsecure security qualifications obtained.
7e: License renewal shall occur every 5 years and shall consist of the same standard tests. Qualifications are renewed by passing a written paper regarding the subject.
7f: A security officer is to be uniformed in an appropriate manner and may not wear clothing or emblems of anything that is militaristic or promotes the ideology of political party. A security officer may wear a beret or a peaked cap and is to be dressed in a uniform that is predominantly blue or black.
7g: A security officer may make a citizen's arrest (defined in Article 4) if necessary or may assist a law enforcement officer in making an arrest, if requested to do so by the said officer.
7h: An armed security officer must comply with any firearms legislation that may be set, including any licensing requirement or any background checks that are required to be made.
7i: Private security companies must register with Ofsecure and they are only permitted to employ qualified, licensed security officers.
7j: Private security companies will be subject to inspections by Ofsecure.
7k: Private security companies are required to offer qualifications training in all three certificates categories.

---

Might add an additional section regarding the establishment of an intelligence and security agency. Any opinions on that?

I heavily oppose this bill. Not only does it resemble those so-called 'police forces' which have throughout history been used to overthrow governments or do jobs the regular military should do, it would also leave me jobless.

[Wolfmanne]

Internal Security Force Bill (2013)
Co-drafted by: Costa Alegria and Wolfmanne || Urgency: High
Co-sponsors: Britcan (TR)

Preamble
The security of our nation is a top priority for the government and the Senate. Election to the Senate gives you the responsibility to ensure that you can hold the government to account in ensuring the safety and security of our people. However, it is not the responsibility of individual political parties to act as the judge, jury and executioner, for only multiple political parties and not just one can hold the government to account. Furthermore, we recognise that whether you support or oppose the Right to Bear Arms, in a time such as this, we need to reach a compromise until specific firearms legislation promoting or restricting the ownership of guns. In order to further the government's ability to ensure the security of this nation, we see the need for the creation of a government organisation to do just that, as evidenced by the 1st Festival of Republic, where armed right-wing paramilitaries are attempting to agitate left-wing paramilitaries into destabilising the nation.

Article 1: Formation of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
1a: In light of potential civil war and for use in a time of a national or regional emergency the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is to be established under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior.
1b: An Aurentinian Gendarmerie Academy shall also be established with the function of training officers.
1c: Also establishes specially trained sub-forces for special operations and riot control.
1d: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall be organised into a series of Brigades consisting of a number of Regiments from different regions.
1e: In times of war, the Aurentinian Gendarmerie or individual Brigades and Regiments may be drafted by the National Defense Force to provide rear security, police the military and for national defense against external threats, based upon the threat to national security this war may have. Gendarmes are to be considered a part of the military and not civilians, however whilst the Aurentinian Gendarmerie is considered to be a military organisation, it does not come under the National Defense Force but the Ministry of the Interior, unless they have been drafted.
1d: All Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall be accountable for their actions and subject to review by both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.
1f: Gendarmes shall have policing powers as established by the Policing and Law Enforcement Act in situations where which require the temporary deployment of Aurentinian Gendarmerie personnel or within jurisdictions that apply to the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.

Article 2: Jurisdiction and Deployment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
2a: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall provide security of public institutions, ministries and courts, embassies and consulates international airports, national museums, nuclear power plants, riots & crowds control, publicly crowded events and our national borders.
2b: The Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall conduct high risk arrests, disaster response, SWAT operations, the suppression of internal armed conflicts and riots, the policing of areas without a sufficient amount of civilian police, to support local constabularies and counter-terrorism operations.
2c: Herein also decrees that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall assist the Police, Emergency Medical Services and the Fire Service in times of natural or man-made disaster.

Article 3: Uniforms and Equipment of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie
3a: All members of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie shall have three primary uniforms: Dress, Operational and Ceremonial.
3b: Operational uniforms shall consist of a standard red beret, black bulletproof vest and belt kit (both of which should not intrude into how the officer moves), a khaki green polo shirt and light khaki button shirt along with accompanying jersey and cargo pants as well as black combat boots.
3c: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers on duty may carry the following equipment:
[*]One pair of handcuffs.
[*]One telescopic baton.
[*]One can of CS spray.
[*]One personal radio set.
[*]The badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
[*]The cap-badge of the Aurentinian Gendarmerie.
Additionally, it shall be mandated that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers shall have the minimum of one firearm per officer with spare ammunition as the officer sees fit.
3d: Mandating that all Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers use firearms that use the same calibre of ammunition as both the National Defense Force and the National Police Force. Officers may also use firearms seized from criminals and paramilitaries as long as they comply with safety regulations and are military grade or the equivalent.
3e: Herein forbids officers to use firearms which are temporarily seized from their owners or garishly decorated, unless usage is required to prevent loss of life or physical injury and no alternative firearm of sufficient power is available.
3f: Recommending that the Aurentinian Gendarmerie adopt a standardised vehicle for their respective tasks.
3g: Mandating that all non-combat vehicles carry a green and white livery with blue lights. Mandating that all combat vehicles carry a dark green livery with white letters and orange hazard lights.
3h: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers to use non-combat and combat ground vehicles in operations.
3i: Allowing Aurentinian Gendarmerie officers the use of seized or captured non-combat and combat vehicles.

Article 4: On Paramilitaries
4a: All paramilitaries, with the exception of those under the auspices of government agencies, are to be formally disbanded, including those under political parties and those otherwise independent from them, such as vigilante groups or citizen militias.
4b: All paramilitaries are to surrender their arms, munitions and vehicles with mounted weaponry that may have the potential of causing lethal harm to others to the Ministry of Justice, who shall issue disarmament warrants to law enforcement agencies.
4c: Paramilitaries that fail to disarm or be disbanded are to be designated as terrorist organisations. If they are under the auspices of a parent organisation, such as a political party, then they are to dissuade links from that paramilitary or they to shall be considered a terrorist organisation.
4d: The creation of new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias is banned and all new paramilitaries are to be recognised as terrorist organisations. Any organisations, such as political parties, that endorse new paramilitaries, vigilante groups and citizen militias are also to be designated as terrorist organisations.
4e: Paramilitaries or individual members who fail to disarm may be arrested and trialed on the charges of refusal to disarm, illegal promotion of paramilitary activities and terrorism.

Article 5: Terrorist Organisations
5a: A terrorist organisation shall be defined as an armed paramilitary, vigilante or citizen militias that have refused to be disarmed in accordance with the paramilitary ban in Articles 1a.
5b: Herein also extends the definition of terrorist organisations as groups that acts, or has the potential to act, in a violent manner towards the state and its citizens and those that commit acts of violence against the state and its citizens for the advancement of an agenda.
5c: The Ministry of Justice may declare an organisation that does not operate in Aurentina that has received internationally widespread condemnation for the violent manner in which it has acted.

Article 6: Citizen's Arrest
6a: A Citizen's Arrest may be made if against anyone in the act of committing an offense, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence.
6b: A Citizen's Arrest may also be made where an offence has been committed, anyone who is guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it.
6c: A Citizen's Arrest is not permitted if there is a law enforcement officer who is in a better position to make an arrest.
6d: Reasonability in a citizen's arrest shall be defined as the prevention of physical injury to the arrestee or others, the loss or damage of property and the absconding before a law enforcement officer can assume responsibility for him. In addition, if the offender has committed any of these acts, then a citizen's arrest may be conducted.

Article 7: Private Security
7a: A security officer, or security guard, shall be defined as a privately and formally employed uniformed citizen who is paid and qualified to protect property, assets, or people by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, observing for signs of crime, fire or disorder and either reporting the incident to the local constabulary or using necessary force to suppress the perpetrator in the event that the physical well being of others can be potentially harmed, via a citizen's arrest or the usage of force as a last resort.
7b: The Office of Security Industry Regulation (Ofsecure) is established to regulate the security industry, to formally license security officers and to formally award qualifications to security trainees.
7c: Ofsecure shall establish a series of qualifications that are a basic requirement to be licensed as a security officer. The first is the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security, which shall consist of 48 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an unarmed security officer in all private properties. The other two qualifications are the Ofsecure Certification of Armed Security, which consists of 12 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to be employed as an armed security officer on all private properties and the Ofsecure Certification of Security Maintenance, which consists of 24 hours of training and upon completion, allows an individual to design, install, and repair security devices.
7d: To be issued a license from Ofsecure, a prospective security officer must be aged 18, must have completed upper secondary education as defined by the International Standard Classification of Education, be subject to approval by the local constabulary, pass a test, have at least obtained the Ofsecure Certification of Basic Security as a minimum and have no ongoing mental health issues. The license should list all of the Ofsecure security qualifications obtained.
7e: License renewal shall occur every 5 years and shall consist of the same standard tests. Qualifications are renewed by passing a written paper regarding the subject.
7f: A security officer is to be uniformed in an appropriate manner and may not wear clothing or emblems of anything that is militaristic or promotes the ideology of political party. A security officer may wear a beret or a peaked cap and is to be dressed in a uniform that is predominantly blue or black.
7g: A security officer may make a citizen's arrest (defined in Article 4) if necessary or may assist a law enforcement officer in making an arrest, if requested to do so by the said officer.
7h: An armed security officer must comply with any firearms legislation that may be set, including any licensing requirement or any background checks that are required to be made.
7i: Private security companies must register with Ofsecure and they are only permitted to employ qualified, licensed security officers.
7j: Private security companies will be subject to inspections by Ofsecure.
7k: Private security companies are required to offer qualifications training in all three certificates categories.

---

Might add an additional section regarding the establishment of an intelligence and security agency. Any opinions on that?

I heavily oppose this bill. Not only does it resemble those so-called 'police forces' which have throughout history been used to overthrow governments or do jobs the regular military should do, it would also leave me jobless.

I'm sure you could work for a private military company. Or perhaps even one of those private security companies that are being regulated.

[Unicario]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl (NIFP)
Sponsored by: Senator Diopolis (CMP), Senator Cean (TR), Geilinor (LD), Senator Regnum Dominae, Senator DuThaal Craftworld (NIFP), The Realm of God (PC)

Section 0. Slavery is defined as a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation.

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of the Commonwealth of Aurentina, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 1a. No entity, be it person, business or otherwise, shall be allowed to circumvent this law by fleeing the state. The slave trade and the movement of slaves shall thus be illegal in this nation.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with the new laws outlined in this act, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

[Ceannairceach]

The Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl, NIFP

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of Aurentina, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with Section 3, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

Agreed. Simple, and to the point. I support fully.

A suggested amendment, though:

"Section 1a. No entity, be it person, business or otherwise, shall be allowed to circumvent this law by fleeing the state. The slave trade and the movement of slaves shall thus be illegal in the nation."

Or something to that effect. Also, replace "Aurentina" with "the nation."

[Unicario]

The Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl, NIFP

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of Aurentina, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with Section 3, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

Agreed. Simple, and to the point. I support fully.

Thank you, Senator for your support. (Shall I add you as a sponsor?)

(Also: It's mostly a mish-mash of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution)

[Diopolis]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl, NIFP

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of Aurentina, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with Section 3, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

I would like to cosponsor this act.

[Geilinor]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl, NIFP

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of Aurentina, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with Section 3, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

Obviously I support this, and I encourage all my fellow senators to do so as well. There is no reason for a modern and free nation such as ours to have slavery.

[Ceannairceach]

Agreed. Simple, and to the point. I support fully.

Thank you, Senator for your support. (Shall I add you as a sponsor?)

(Also: It's mostly a mish-mash of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution)

Note the edit. Minor details regarding the name of the nation and the illegalization of the slave trade as well.

[Unicario]

Thank you, Senator for your support. (Shall I add you as a sponsor?)

(Also: It's mostly a mish-mash of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution)

Note the edit. Minor details regarding the name of the nation and the illegalization of the slave trade as well.

Done.

[Greater Pokarnia]

Full support for the anti-slavery bill.

[The Zeonic States]

So now we restrict enterprise as well as removing a labor source? Noted.

Next thing people will go up against people's rights to possess firearms or smoke in public transit terminals.

[The New Sea Territory]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl (NIFP)
Sponsored by: Senator Diopolis (CMP), Senator Cean (TR)

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of this country, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 1a. No entity, be it person, business or otherwise, shall be allowed to circumvent this law by fleeing the state. The slave trade and the movement of slaves shall thus be illegal in the nation.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with the new laws outlined in this act, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

I support this.

[Unicario]

So now we restrict enterprise as well as removing a labor source? Noted.

Next thing people will go up against people's rights to possess firearms or smoke in public transit terminals.

Senator, it is disgusting how you can support slavery as a viable enterprise or labour source. Slavery is an ungodly, unhuman act and must be destroyed in all forms, for civilization and democracy to survive.

[Ceannairceach]

So now we restrict enterprise as well as removing a labor source? Noted.

Next thing people will go up against people's rights to possess firearms or smoke in public transit terminals.

Slavery has been proven to be a weaker labor source than free labor. Also, it restricts their right to find different employment should their employer not suitably pay them for their work. Why do you hate free enterprise, Senator?

[Geilinor]

Next thing people will go up against people's rights to smoke in public transit terminals.

People have the right to expose others to second-hand smoke without their consent? Are you against public health measures?

[Unicario]

This act seems to have a large support in the Senate at the moment -- should we consider moving this into the queue (long thing...)

[The Zeonic States]

Next thing people will go up against people's rights to smoke in public transit terminals.

People have the right to expose others to second-hand smoke without their consent? Are you against public health measures?

Given that the amount of second hand exposure needed for serious health concerns goes far beyond immediate contact it should not be an issue.

Public Health measures should be measured by how they secure people's health not by illusions proven false by Medicinal science.

[Unicario]

People have the right to expose others to second-hand smoke without their consent? Are you against public health measures?

Given that the amount of second hand exposure needed for serious health concerns goes far beyond immediate contact it should not be an issue.

Public Health measures should be measured by how they secure people's health not by illusions proven false by Medicinal science.

Second-hand smoke is unimportant to the conversation right now.

[Regnum Dominae]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl (NIFP)
Sponsored by: Senator Diopolis (CMP), Senator Cean (TR)

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of this country, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 1a. No entity, be it person, business or otherwise, shall be allowed to circumvent this law by fleeing the state. The slave trade and the movement of slaves shall thus be illegal in the nation.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with the new laws outlined in this act, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

I would like to cosponsor this bill.

[Geilinor]

The Anti-Slavery Act
Proposed by: Senator Adelaide Kohl (NIFP)
Sponsored by: Senator Diopolis (CMP), Senator Cean (TR)

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the borders of this country, or any state subject to her laws and regulations.

Section 1a. No entity, be it person, business or otherwise, shall be allowed to circumvent this law by fleeing the state. The slave trade and the movement of slaves shall thus be illegal in the nation.

Section 2. The Senate shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, or by forced police action if necessary.

Section 3. This resolution shall set an immediate freedom to all slaves in Aurentina, should any exist. Any persons who do not comply with the new laws outlined in this act, shall be subjected to police or legal action by the Senate, Army, or any official force capable of legal action, upon adoption by the esteemed Senate.

I would like to cosponsor this bill.

I would also like to cosponsor the bill.

[Unicario]

Senators added.