Sentences with phrase «many second amendment»

«If you're OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what's wrong with licensing your First Amendment?

Among spreading other conspiracy theories, Jones has said tragedies like the mass shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., and Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., both in 2012, were hoaxes, propagated by opponents of the Second Amendment.

You might even seek to exercise your Second Amendment right to protect yourself and your family.

«The Second Amendment for me is very personal,» said Roozbeh Farahanipour, who owns Delphi and fled his native Iran after leading student protests in 1999.

The NRA opposes the measure, arguing that it would restrict the Second Amendment rights of Americans who are otherwise considered adults.

«As long as I think that they're defending the Second Amendment, and it still is challenged by a group of people, I believe I need to support them.»

«We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens,» Stack wrote.

He said that while he is a «believer» in the second amendment, «we should not allow people to possess assault rifles and weapons.»

The fight pits strong proponents of the Second Amendment right to bear arms against those arguing for greater restrictions on the ability to obtain weapons.

The same day, Trump told a rally in Georgia: «I'm going to save your Second Amendment.»

Their goal is to eliminate the Second Amendment and our firearms freedoms so they can eradicate all individual freedoms.

A 2012 survey, for example, found that 84 % of NRA members believed that support for the Second Amendment goes hand in hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.

«If you're OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what's wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?»

In 2000, he said he supported a ban on assault weapons and a longer waiting period to purchase a gun, but during his campaign, he has been a vocal proponent of Second Amendment rights and has said he will end gun - free zones.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump, who abandoned his teleprompter even faster than I expected, is not apologizing for his comment yesterday about «second amendment people» stopping Hillary Clinton.

His supporters are blaming the media for misconstruing the remark as a reference to assassination, and say he was simply referring to the political power of second amendment supporters.

President Donald Trump emerged as an unlikely moderate on gun control on Thursday with a tweet that both urged a bill for additional gun regulation and demanded respect for the Second Amendment.

Diaz believes Republicans must look as if they care about keeping guns out of the hands of so - called homegrown extremists, while balancing issues of due process and the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms that form the backbone of the NRA's opposition to gun control.

POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don't want gun control,» Cox said.

Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said Democrats «must be careful about overplaying their hand with rhetoric that could sound like government overreach to Americans who believe in the Second Amendment.»

The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21.

Although the Bush administration issued new regulations relating to the Second Amendment rights of law - abiding citizens in units of the National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System that went into effect on January 9, 2009 --

The second amendment is safe under President - elect Donald Trump — so why are gun stocks suffering?

Today's Republican politicians have shifted gears, adopting the increasingly absolutist view of the Second Amendment proffered by the gun lobby, which, in the Trump era, has itself become more ambitious.

But as a Republican president, perhaps the most pro-firearm chief executive in American history, Trump is, in theory, in a unique position to use his good standing with Second Amendment activists to make the case for gun reforms.

Students activist said they're open to different ideas and debates about the Second Amendment.

Rubio replied that «people buy into my agenda, and I do support the Second Amendment.»

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

Kurth said she was a registered Republican and Trump voter who supported the Second Amendment, but she had problems with the idea that teachers should be armed.

Pro-gun rights high school students are walking out of schools in 42 states Wednesdsay for 16 minutes in support of Second Amendment rights.

«And I do support the Second Amendment, and I support the things.»

I'm not saying that we should do away with Second Amendment rights,» he said.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite what the research says.

Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of the issue.

The Second Amendment is a contentious issue, because it means different things to different people and has, over the years, even meant different things to the Supreme Court of which Stevens used to count himself a member.

Looking ahead: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has called for repeal of the Second Amendment.

Dick's Sporting Goods reiterated its «support and respect» for the Second Amendment in its statement, but said it has to do something to «solve the problem that's in front of us.»

Instead, he told conservative activists that voters should be «frightened» of any future Democrat election victories, and accused Democrats of exploiting the deaths in an effort to destroy the Second Amendment.

When Yeti Coolers cut ties with the NRA Foundation Breitbart News decided to take a broad look at offerings in the cooler market, hoping to find a quality cooler made by a company that was not ashamed of the Second Amendment.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry suggests Governor John Bel Edwards (D) is betraying previous commitments to the Second Amendment.

Out of 109 Facebook comments, 78 were against repealing the Second Amendment.

The walk out was part of Will Riley's «Stand for the Second» event; a nationwide call to counter nonstop gun control campaigns with a walkout in support of the Second Amendment and our founding principles.

All of which goes to show that Trump and #NeverAgain leaders do agree on something — the Second Amendment itself.

Stack, who said he is a gun owner and a Second Amendment supporter, did not discuss the bottom - line impact of the company's new policies.

The Democrats will chose on the spectrum of either a complete recession of the Second Amendment or limiting the purchase of ammunition.

Supporters of the Second Amendment gathered at state capitals and in city centers on Saturday, hoping to counter hundreds of thousands who rallied for stricter gun laws.

Kashuv has never touched a gun, he told me, but said, «I am super conservative on the Second Amendment because I realize that the Second Amendment protects all the other amendments.»

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Advocates for gun rights have long argued that the Second Amendment is a necessary barrier to prevent full - scale confiscation of firearms, which they see as the end goal of many gun control measures.