Sentences with phrase «about gun measures»

By permitting the rapid vote, the governor also avoids drawing out publicity about the gun measures before the vote, and preventing even more discomfort for some Republicans who co-lead the State Senate, and who have some reservations about the bills.

President Donald Trump is also expected to host survivors of the Columbine shooting at the White House for a «listening session» about gun measures Wednesday afternoon.

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Trump also tweeted Tuesday about strengthening background checks, indicating that he may support modest gun control measures.

If you look at the polling, support for gun control, depending on which specific measure respondents are asked about, can be very high among both Democrats and Republicans.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

What's remarkable about the polling is how much of it reflects bipartisan support for new gun control measures.

Zeif was one of the attendees at the president's listening session to speak most openly about specific gun control measures.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland school shooter who killed 17 people, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.

Barna and her classmates Kevin Trejos and Lewis Mizen, all seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., each wore a red ribbon representing the color of their school in honor of the victims as they talked about their experience and their push for stricter gun safety measures.

Mr Trump, who frequently boasts about his support for the National Rifle Association, made no mention of gun violence or any new measure to restrict access to firearms during remarks on Thursday about the shooting.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was vocal about his support of a congressional measure to close the so - called «terror gap» as the nation again is in a furor over gun control.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

Gov. Dannel Malloy talks about stronger gun control measures while on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton.

In the weeks after politicians in Albany quickly passed the new gun control measures, fears in the plant's nearly 200 - year - old hometown of Ilion rose about the company closing or relocating.

Washington (CNN)-- Four Republican senators who were on the fence about a bipartisan compromise on gun control said on Monday they would now oppose the measure.

Concerns about what security measures are in place for airline and airport employees were raised after the arrests that were made in the gun smuggling operation.

Paul walks in with a gun, all crazy - eyed, throwing about lines from things ranging from Training Day and Heat to Schindler's List and The Color Purple with some Star Wars tossed in for good measure.

While some investors are simply worried about new gun control measures, others simply can not justify to themselves the idea of profiting from products that result in negative externalities.

Many of the preferred measures stayed about the same, but bans on assault weapons and large - capacity magazines or restrictions on ammunition purchases were determined to have more of an effect on mass shootings than everyday gun violence.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

Sustaining the effort to implement common - sense gun measures will only come about through more pressure on corporate America and the voting booth.

The March for Our Lives, scheduled for Saturday, was organized by the students to continue the national conversation about gun safety and legislation in the U.S. and to put pressure on politicians to sign into law new measures to make large - scale acts of violence like what happened at their Parkland school less common and more difficult to replicate.

The only gun measure Trump has signed so far was last February, which revoked an Obama - era regulation that required the Social Security Administration to disclose information to the national gun background check system about certain people with mental illness on a quarterly basis.

«I am desperate to go wherever I can to have this conversation to bring about rational, sane, common - sense gun safety measures,» Guttenberg said.

As students walked out of schools across the country Wednesday to protest gun violence, a Senate hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland, Fla., man accused of killing 17 people at a high school, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.