Protecting People from explosives Amendment (Passed)

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Sponsor: Windjammer

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The major problem with the current passage is it's very plausible that it invalidates every single regulation on guns and low potency explosives,.

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Colin makes a good point, if people want to get child porn then there's really no stopping them.

Basically that our prevention won't work 100% of the time is no reason not to at least try.

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It's important to remember that most laws aren't aimed at stopping the completely determined- they're aimed at the much larger group of waverers, who might or might not do it.

For instance, in Britain a common method of suicide is taking a paracetamol overdose, and about ten years ago the british government reduced the maximum size of a paracetamol pack, and related deaths fell by about 40%, equivalent to about 765 lives.

If you really wanted to overdose on paracetamol you could still buy enough by going around different shops, stockpiling etc, or you could try a different method, but most people (thankfully) don't.

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There's been no debate for more than 36 hours and I can't see anywhere else this can go so I'm opening a final vote.

Senators, a final vote is now open on this amendment, please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain

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Aye

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This closes in about 14 hours JCL

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By a vote of 6-3 this amendment has passed and is sent to the regions for ratification:

Aye: Bore, Polnut, JCL, Windjammer, Bacon King, Cranberry

Nay: Yankee, TNF, Deus

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Given a vote can only last 72 hours, and JCL's switching was after 72 hours had passed, the amendment has still passed.