Sentences with phrase «second amendment victories»

«Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran (R) is adding insult to injury by calling the betrayal of law - abiding firearms owners «one of the greatest Second Amendment victories we've ever had,»» NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer wrote in an email Monday to NRA members.

«Corcoran tried to justify his betrayal by claiming the provision in the bill to arm school employees makes it «one of the greatest Second Amendment victories we've ever had» because it ends «gun free zones on school campuses,»» Hammer said in her email, referring to Corcoran's comments in an interview with the Sarasota Herald - Tribune.

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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.

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

While GOP lawmakers in the Senate are hailing the move as a victory for the Second Amendment, Astorino and other gun - rights proponents have said the agreement does little to change the gun - control measure approved in 2013.

One GOP Senator, James Seward of Oneonta, for example, issued a release shortly after the agreement was signed, saying it was a «clear victory for Second Amendment rights in New York.»