Sentences with phrase «assault weapon purchases»

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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.

In 2000, he said he supported a ban on assault weapons and a longer waiting period to purchase a gun, but during his campaign, he has been a vocal proponent of Second Amendment rights and has said he will end gun - free zones.

We need to digitize gun - sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun - show loopholes and straw - man purchases, ban high - capacity magazines, and push for a comprehensive assault weapons ban with an extensive buyback system.

We don't want to take away your gun rights, we just want to prevent Americans from owning assault weapons and to tighten the methods at which a person can purchase a firearm.

The primary goals: to ban assault weapons and high - capacity magazines and create laws that require background checks on every gun purchase.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

«I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun,» he wrote in his 2000 book, «The America We Deserve.»

There is also additional support for creating a three - day waiting period for people who purchase assault weapons.

After expressing interest in increasing the minimum age to purchase a so - called assault weapon to 21, Trump later declared there was «not much political support» for the move.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

Also, internet purchases of rapid - fire assault weapons and associated ammo must be stopped.

The author is arguing for uniform gun laws across the US that would make it impossible to purchase assault weapons.

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases and adding more types of guns under an existing assault weapons ban.

So, Bill, do you think it's ok for anyone to be able to purchase assault weapons and huge amounts of ammo, just in case the government decides to turn on its citizens?

Wednesday, Paul Ryan stood up for the rights of crazy people to purchase assault weapons and kill others yesterday.

The company, founded in Binghamton and based in Pennsylvania, announced it would end selling assault - style weapons and high capacity magazines as well as increase the minimum wage to purchase a firearm to 21.

In an effort to further mollify their conference, the Senate Republican leadership distributed to their members a one - page handout listing 15 «rejected Democrat proposals,» crediting themselves with rebuffing, among other things, a suggestion to confiscate guns now deemed assault weapons and limit gun purchases to one per month.

President Trump, who once supported an assault - weapons ban but campaigned as a Second Amendment champion, called for raising the minimum age to purchase such weapons to 21 after the Parkland shooting.

The law, known as the SAFE Act, expanded the state's ban on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.

The law's most controversial provisions were an expansion of the state's «assault weapons» ban, creation of an ammunition purchase database, and a prohibition on placing more than seven bullets in a gun magazine.

Here we are less than six months later after a 19 - year - old with an assault - style weapon — which he was allowed to purchase legally — walked into Gina's school.

(WBEN) A new poll from the Siena Research Institute shows extensive support - among both Republicans and Democrats in New York State — for a mandatory waiting period on gun purchases but a split over arming some teachers and possibly banning the sale of assault style weapons in the United States...

Day's planks focused mainly on law enforcement exemptions and asked for a clearer definition of the term «assault weapon,» while Sparaco's additional planks rebuked the seven - round limit for a magazine, mandatory record - keeping for all ammunition purchases, the required renewal of pistol permits every five years, and many other parts of the bill.

Consider him against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his fellow Democrat who pushed through an omnibus gun control bill that restricted ammunition purchases, broadened the definition of banned assault weapons and required mental health professionals to report potentially dangerous patients to officials.

Across the board, student protesters pressed for similar change: Broaden background checks for weapons purchases, restrict access to assault rifles, enforce mental health screenings for gun owners and increase security at schools.

Your efforts net you XP points which can then be distributed amongst the roster cops, increasing things like speed, health and clip size, plus you can purchase new starting weapons like assault rifles and even a grenade launcher.

As always, when starting out against the zombies your character will only be equipped with pistols, while numerous weapons can be purchased through in - game currency accumulated through killing zombies from walls and mystery boxes including a range of assault rifles, light machine guns, shotguns, SMGs, sniper rifles and even special weapons such as the Tesla gun.

My pockets were overflowing with Mirian by the end — more than enough to buy every fortress upgrade, purchase every gem slot for my gear, upgrade all of my weapons, and frivolously spend on assault bonuses whether I needed them or not.

Also for purchase are weapons like pistols, shotguns, and assault rifles.

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.

Senate GOP leaders are preparing bills that would limit assault weapon sales to those 21 and older and place a three - day waiting period on rifle purchases.

The primary goals: to ban assault weapons and high - capacity magazines and create laws that require background checks on every gun purchase.

The Legislature has scrambled since Wednesday afternoon to craft legislation that, among other things, would raise the age limit for purchase of assault weapons from 18 to 21.

Its CEO went even further by calling for a government ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks, increasing the minimum age for gun purchases, requiring expanded universal background checks, and closing the gun show loophole.

Though it wouldn't ban assault weapons as the students had advocated, and it would regrettably arm school personnel, it does raise the minimum age for purchase to 21, impose a three - day wait on gun purchases and bans bump stocks.

Trump embraced gun rights during his presidential campaign, though he supported some gun control before he became a candidate, backing an assault weapons ban and a longer waiting period to purchase a gun in a 2000 book.

He called for bonuses for educators who volunteer to carry a firearm, and said he also wanted action to strengthen background checks and boost the minimum age for the purchase of assault - style weapons.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Jeff Flake, R - Ariz., said Wednesday they would introduce a bill to raise the minimum age required to purchase rifles from gun dealers, including assault weapons such as the AR - 15.

We seek numerous reforms to gun ownership laws including raising the minimum age to purchase assault weapons, mandatory background checks, mandatory waiting periods, and gun violence restraining orders.

While not calling for a registry or banning assault weapons, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a host of reforms Friday, including raising the age to purchase a rifle to 21, creating a «violent threat restraining order» that would bar people deemed a threat from buying guns, boosting funding for mental health and banning bump stocks, an attachment that causes a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster.