Sentences with phrase «about gun policy»
«The goal of this project is to help build consensus around a shared set of facts about gun policy by demonstrating where scientific evidence is accumulating,» said Andrew Morral, the project's leader and a behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.
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The RAND Gun Policy in America initiative is intended to provide new nonpartisan information to national and local discussions about gun policy.
«While science can teach us a lot about gun policy, research in this area is generally far behind where it is for most other causes of death that claim similar numbers of lives in the U.S. each year,» Morral said.
Sen describes herself as «agnostic» about gun policy and says that her project should not be viewed as a drumbeat for tougher gun regulation, such as more extensive background checks.
The fact is that if opinion does not change, then neither will the Second Amendment; 74 % of gun owners say that there is an «essential» right to own a gun [6], while Pew Surveys reveal that gun owners are more likely to contact officials about gun policies, with 60 % of these supporting laxer laws [7].
Not exact matches
«Part of that is conversation about policy, where are we going to go with gun safety, background checks, those are real conversations we need to have.»
Bumble has received complaints about gun photos, but Ms. Herd said the new policy was not an attempt to «sweep up a mess» involving unhappy Bumble users.
After the candidates talked about business, other topics included gun violence, energy policy, and foreign policy.
About 21 percent of gun owners have contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 12 percent of non-gun owners.
About 28 percent of gun owners have contributed to an organization that takes a position on gun policy, while only 10 percent of non-gun owners have.
On any given day, he may or may not express the policy views associated with the American right — he will muse about raising taxes on hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steel.
Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine said of the many things victims» families are angry about — the shooter's ruthlessness, the response by the armed deputy assigned to the school, the failure of the FBI and BSO in preventing the attack despite specific warnings and red flags, past missteps by the Broward school district and Florida's child - welfare agency, gun policies — the handling of families and the notification process «is down the list.»
And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.
People try to figure out what to do about a problem pregnancy, terminal illness, public education, welfare policies, availability of guns, youth alienation, multi-racial tensions.
Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).
You might have a guiding policy about, say, what beloved Uncle Billy is and isn't allowed to give your daughter for her birthday (no toy guns, for example).
Even as he voiced support for proposals generally backed by Democrats — including expanded background checks and raising the age limit to 21 for some gun buyers — the president peppered his remarks with inaccurate facts about mass shootings and gun policy.
Asked about the difference in policy, Mark - Viverito said she hoped Hochul would reflect her new statewide standing, and pointed to the example of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who quickly evolved from prior positions as a gun rights supporter skeptical of immigration reform, after she was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Q: Why doesn't our policy statement include broader support for all the other issues good Democrats should care about, ie, Constitutional right to choice, Constitutional right to marriage equality, Constitutional ban on guns everywhere, Constitutional right to free college, etc?
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, who represents parts of Albany, Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer Counties, made the controversial remarks while answering a question about comments that Cuomo acted like a dictator when he expedited the passage of a sweeping package of gun control policy last month using a «message of necessity.»
East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., who has spoken forcefully about the nation's gun policies in the aftermath of mass shootings, has conveyed his strong support for legislation co-sponsored by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. that would make so - called «bump stocks» illegal in New York State.
Researchers know little about what turns certain individuals into mass killers or whether particular policies, including gun restrictions, prevent rampage shootings.
«Right now the research community is hampered in its ability to inform policymakers about the expected benefits and costs of different policy approaches because of politically ‑ motivated limits on data access, and substantial federal under ‑ funding of research on gun violence.»
Despite wide acknowledgement that gun violence levels are too high, little consensus has been reached about what gun policies should be adopted widely.
«Collecting more and stronger evidence about the true effects of laws is a necessary and promising step toward building greater consensus around effective gun policy.»
When three people barged into his home armed to the teeth with guns, knives, and an insatiable desire to take what wasn't theirs, the victim was able to passively allow them to go about their illicit business, knowing that the things they stole would be replaced by his policy.
For instance: if you support gun control policies, you will likely pay more attention to studies about gun violence (because they reinforce what you already believe) and less attention to reports of gun control policies precipitating higher gun violence (because it conflicts.)
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the meeting in a press briefing yesterday (see video at 6:30), when asked about the president's policy on guns.
The one other exception about not pushing for an outcome is when you're a hired gun for policy advocates instead of policy - makers.
Oh, I know, how about we return to our old gun boat policies where we sail the fleet into ports around the world and have Hitlery deliver ultimatums to everyone that either they clean up their messes or we are gonna level their cities??
Just like banking regulations after the Great Recession; just like tobacco regulations after decades of the industry lying; just like decades of the asbestos industry lying; just like the soda industry continues to lie about fructose today; just like the airline industry didn't change policies on protecting the cabin until after 9/11 (the first US hijacking was in the 1960's); just like the gun industry through the lobbyists like the NRA continues to drag their feet... The force for change will have to be from the BOTTOM UP.
When three people barged into his home armed to the teeth with guns, knives, and an insatiable desire to take what wasn't theirs, the victim was able to passively allow them to go about their illicit business, knowing that the things they stole would be replaced by his policy.
«Why do we allow them to dictate our national gun policy,» she said about the National Rifle Association.
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You might have a guiding policy about, say, what beloved Uncle Billy is and isn't allowed to give your daughter for her birthday (no toy guns, for example).