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Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"; Proposed by Imperium Anglorum
Topic Started: May 11 2015, 03:44 AM (218 Views)
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This proposal reached quorum earlier today, and its vote will start in 15 minutes.

In-game debate thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=340747

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"
Proposed by Imperium Anglorum
Affirming the need for the securitisation of weapons for the peaceful lives of civilians across the world,

Recognising that war is an inevitable part of human nature as well as a conflict which can lead to the creation of new nations and the achievement of radical change, and

Believing that peace and prosperity are best preserved by the protection of civilians and not overregulation of arms used generally for defence,

This august World Assembly;

1. Objects to the definition of armament, as it includes the "parts necessary in their construction or production", which includes items such as wood, metal, brass, and saltpetre, since this is an overly broad definition which includes many resources which are and are not used in armament production;

2. Realises that clause (4) is a piece of boiler-plate filler which does nothing, since it exempts from regulation weapons that are not regulated and only binds future regulations to relax gun control laws for 'recreational purposes only' and tighten said laws in the case of posing 'imminent lawless action', the first of which is irrespective of the violent nature of non-developed countries and the second of which is irrelevant, as any regulation passed would ipso facto make violations 'imminent' and 'lawless';

3. Objects to the requirement that 'exporters and brokers of armaments within member nations ... register with the relevant governments of the nations in which they operate, as this would mean government oversight over all armament production facilities and endanger the freedoms of civilians who may want to overthrow dictatorships;

4. Decries clause (7), which prohibits the sale of weapons:
  1. if there is a possibility of diversion, which may occur in the chaos of war (e.g. blockades, interception, etc.) and or

  2. if there is a possibility of use in a 'war of conquest or expropiation', the definition of which is not well defined, and hence, can include cases where nations may wish for payments of war indemnities (thus expropriating wealth), colonies, and or claims of uninhabited territories;
5. Believes that the mandate for the issuance of 'end-user certificates' is irrespective of the chaos of war, which may lead to the capture of war materiel, hence forcing that 'said buyer' might not be the 'final recipient of the product'; and thus; this esteemed World Assembly;

6. Repeals the resolution on Responsible Arms Trading.

Click here to read the original resolution
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I opposed the original resolution, and I favor this repeal proposal.

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It's nice to see a repeal with strong, legitimate reasoning for once - some of its arguments I brought up earlier, some of them I hadn't noticed originally.

I'm inclined to say for.
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[...]the first of which is irrespective of the violent nature of non-developed countries[...]

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Gruenberg
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(Not voting.)

Contains at least 3 Honest Mistake and 1 Grossly Offensive statements. The mods don't seem to be enforcing the Honest Mistake rule anymore, though, so not terribly surprised it wasn't deleted.
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Against.
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Kenny
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AGAINST this piece of shit repeal.
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Sciongrad
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Serious question: what is the delegate's voting policy? Because the vote has been against since the very first day of voting, and he's still in favor.
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May 13 2015, 10:44 AM
Serious question: what is the delegate's voting policy? Because the vote has been against since the very first day of voting, and he's still in favor.
In at least one past resolution, the discussion here seemed to help drive his eventual vote, though I didn't look at the actual gameside vote tally for any previous vote. If it's straight up reinforcement of the regional tally, then this discussion will have little to no effect, most likely:



Amongst the Rejected Realms residents, voting is currently 52-17 (75% For).

Your Regional WA Delegate, Unibot III, has voted FOR this resolution.

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He usually switches his vote if the forum thread tilts the other way.
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