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OOC 1: I am aware that GA#399.5 "assures member nations of the exclusive right to determine purely internal arms trading and firearm policy." Article c is not apparently "purely internal," given that it only involves procedures for member states granting firearm permits when other member states to do.
OOC 2: Vaguely inspired by Richard Hudson's now-perennial Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.
Firearm Permit Reciprocity
A resolution to improve worldwidehumansapient and civil rights.Category: Civil RightsStrength: MildProposed by: Tinhampton
Recognising that many individuals in member states may choose to own firearms or carry firearms in public for many reasons, such as to defend themselves or participate in sport shooting, and
Believing that the ability of these individuals to own or carry firearms should not be restricted in any member state simply because they were issued a permit to do so in another member state...
The General Assembly hereby:
- defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- an "ownership permit" as a document issued by a member state granting its holder the right to own a particular firearm,
- an "open carry permit" as a document issued by a member state granting its holder the right to carry a particular firearm in public without a requirement to conceal it from public view, and
- a "concealed carry permit" as a document issued by a member state granting its holder the right to carry a particular firearm in public, provided that said firearm is concealed from public view,
- reiterates that whether or not to implement a system of ownership, open carry or concealed carry permits, and (if they choose to do so) what criteria individuals need to fulfil before being granted such permits, is a matter for each individual member state to decide,
- requires that each member state which chooses to grant ownership permits, open carry permits, or concealed carry permits for a particular firearm recognise as valid permits of the same nature for that firearm granted to any person in any other member state, where that person obtained that permit from the latter state for that firearm by fulfilling criteria at least as stringent as those required by the former state for its own permits of the same nature for that firearm,
- further requires that member states which allow their residents to own and carry firearms without a permit refrain from requiring their non-residents from acquiring a permit before they can own or carry firearms as appropriate, and
- clarifies that nothing in this resolution prevents member states from restricting the ability of those of their inhabitants who have committed a violent crime (or are likely to commit a violent crime in the near future) to own or carry firearms, regardless of whether those inhabitants are allowed by other member states to do so.