Sentences with phrase «as bans on assault rifles»
This proposal falls far short of what many students, parents and gun - control advocates are seeking, such as bans on assault rifles or high - capacity magazines.
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Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.
A moderate, Lamb is personally opposed to abortion, not in favor of a ban on assault rifles, and has stated that he wouldn't support Nancy Pelosi as the Democrats» House leader.
Ian Kravitz hugs his daughter Madyson, 16, as she and other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School board buses on February 20 to travel to Tallahassee to call for a ban on assault rifles.
In Florida on Tuesday, the Republican - controlled State House rejected an effort to immediately consider a bill to ban large - capacity magazines and the type of assault rifles used in last week's attack, even as students from Stoneman Douglas High School watched from the gallery.
The Republican - led Senate also killed compromise measures, such as a ban within five miles of a school, a moratorium on assault weapons, or even a moratorium just on the AR - 15, the type of semi-automatic rifle used in the Stoneman Douglas shooting.
The council also removed specific demands that called for «banning military - grade assault rifles; requiring background checks on all gun purchases; banning the sale of accessories and add - ons such as bump stocks that circumvent the ban on automatic firearms; and prohibiting the sale of firearms to individuals on a terrorist watch list.»
Democrats want to ban weapons such as the AR - 15 assault - style rifle, which was used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14.
Slated for discussion are local bans on assault - style rifles and high - capacity ammunition magazines, both carried by the Douglas High shooter, as well as bump stocks, the accessories used by the gunman in last year's Las Vegas massacre to make his semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.