Sentences with phrase «to address gun violence»

It does not address gun violence directly and stops short of what many teen activists have been pushing for.

The focus of this effort is to encourage and promote bipartisan efforts to address the gun violence problem.

Investors can encourage businesses to address gun violence through engagement or avoiding investments in the weapons industry.

No special interest group, no political agenda is more critical than timely passage of legislation to effectively address the gun violence issues that are rampant in our country.

On Top of the News Arne Duncan calls for addressing gun violence in final speech as education secretary Washington Post 12/30/15

It's being hailed as a step toward addressing gun violence, but it's a far cry from the «comprehensive» gun control student activists are demanding — and that even President Donald Trump once called on Congress to pass.

This evening the U.S. Senate will consider several proposals aimed at addressing gun violence.

On Thursday night, a community meeting is being held in Mott Haven to help address gun violence in the Bronx.

To mark the one - month anniversary of the Feb. 14 deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., students nationwide plan to walk out of school for 17 minutes to demand their state and local representatives address gun violence.

The National Prevention Science Coalition hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to address gun violence prevention and school safety.

Ryan expressed a willingness for «moving quickly» on proposals to address gun violence after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students urged the Wisconsin Republican for action, according to Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch, who represents Parkland, Florida and who attended the meeting.

Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut and a co-sponsor of Mr. Hatch's bill, said he did not want the Senate to lose sight of more far - reaching legislation that would address gun violence head - on.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Buffalo Teacher's Federation is planning to lower its flags to half - staff and keep it at half - staff until there's been sufficient action to address gun violence in America.

We are sitting - in on the House Floor until we get a vote to address gun violence.

Communities across America rallied in efforts to show congress how serious the are about making efforts to address gun violence.

In the weeks after the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, Trump has, at turns, been sympathetic to student survivors who are demanding action to address gun violence, and he has sought to appease gun - rights proponents who are impervious to calls for reform.

Washington has taken some measures to address gun violence, but we have far to go to achieve meaningful action.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

«If this is all the White House is willing to do to address gun violence, it's wholly insufficient.»

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

In March 2012, he became the Director for the Lifelines to Healing Campaign with the PICO National Network, a campaign led by hundreds of faith congregations throughout the United States committed to addressing gun violence and mass incarceration of young people of color.

Hartzler said after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 that the government needed to address violence in video games before it addressed gun violence.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

Conservative columnist Brandon Ross commends Katko's proposal of the Securing Our Children Act of 2018 to address gun violence.

«Albany Day gives them a unique opportunity to share their personal stories and to ask their representatives what they are doing to address gun violence.»

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

You can not undo what has been done, but you can accomplish something very powerful and positive by creating a capital campaign that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, as reported in your 12/31/12 edition.

Cornell has called upon Janet Hasson, president and publisher and CynDee Royle, editor and vice-president of News to initiate a capital campaign, sponsored by the paper, that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, including needed mental health and social services and school resource officers.

Bringing an event like this to Coney Island is an affront to all of the hard work that our community has done to address gun violence in our neighborhood.

I believe there is an opportunity to address gun violence, but in its first attempt, our state leaders missed that opportunity.

«There are other ways to address gun violence.»

In announcing the 4 - 1 Feb. 15 decision, City Comptroller John Liu, the custodian and investment adviser to the city's five pension funds, said that the vote was a sound decision that sent a clear message about the fund's commitment to addressing gun violence.

Various communities across New York have played host to forums that purport to address gun violence.

While our nation considers how to address gun violence, it is important to remember that scientific research can help us understand risk factors and the impacts of gun policy interventions at federal, state and local levels,» said Rush Holt, chief executive officer of AAAS, in a March 13 letter sent to President Donald Trump and congressional leadership.

Gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) are a promising strategy for reducing firearm homicide and suicide in the United States, and should be considered by states seeking to address gun violence, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California, Davis, argue in a new report.

Students at High Tech High in Chula Vista, California created a successful Kickstarter campaign to address gun violence, and my journalism students created documentaries to tackle the struggles of former gang members in Los Angeles and how the lack of affordable housing affects people in large cities.

Namaste Charter School, in south side Chicago, working with Mindful Practices and the University of Chicago, developed a schoolwide social emotional learning curriculum to address gun violence and crime in their community.

Question the silence of the Members of Congress when students, teachers, and parents asked them to address gun violence.

Cave says he is addressing gun violence and gun control issues, and race relations in America where people of color are often considered «guilty until proven innocent.»

We started talking with her and she came up with this idea of this cake which will address gun violence in the United States today and specifically in relation to African American youth.

But we make a crucial error when we believe that banning certain types of guns or creating stricter regulations to purchase guns will do anything to address gun violence.

Washington has taken some measures to address gun violence, but we have far to go to achieve meaningful action.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence in the weeks after a Florida school shooting left 17 dead and sparked nationwide protests...

The mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas, then the eighth school shooting of the year, moved the young survivors - turned - activists to push lawmakers to address gun violence in American schools with comprehensive gun control legislation, including bans on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

For her, the objective is clear and she is working hard to address gun violence and voting out politicians who fail to address it.

Participants advocated for a comprehensive bill to be immediately be brought before Congress to address gun violence in the United States.