Sentences with phrase «assault weapon sales»

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.

But part of that hope was dashed hours later, when the Republican - controlled House voted 71 - 36 along party lines against bringing up a bill that would ban assault weapon sales and magazines of more than seven rounds, all but killing the measure for the year.

«Banning assault weapon sales nationally is supported by more than three - quarters of Democrats and small majorities of Republicans and independents.

New law closes several loopholes in an existing state ban on assault weapon sale and extends the requirement for background checks

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Congress rejected bills to tighten background checks on gun sales and ban military - style «assault weapons» in April 2013.

Democrats have embraced the issue, while Republican congressional leaders and Trump haven't moved to adopt measures such as ending assault - weapon sales.

«Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed.

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.

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.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

After the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., both Dick's and Walmart WMT, -0.13 % announced an end to assault weapon and high - capacity magazine sales, along with a requirement that gun buyers be age 21 or older.

Once it became clear that a majority of the Florida Legislature was not inclined to ban all assault weapons, Senator Oscar Braynon, a Democrat, proposed an amendment to the gun control bill that would have halted AR - 15 sales for two years.

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.

Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

In November, 65 percent of Americans supported a «nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons.»

But the law doesn't do anything to regulate gun sales or to restrict the sale of assault - style weapons like the AR - 15; it's far from what the students listed in their demands on gun control.

You are a pawn of the anti-gun movement that has convinced ignorant people everywhere that «assault weapons» are for sale in the U.S..

The federal lawsuit claims the ordinance — which bans the sale and possession of assault weapons, bump stocks and high - capacity magazines — violates the plaintiffs» Constitutional rights.

Nearly two dozen Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, introduced a bill Wednesday to ban the sale of military - style assault weapons and bump stock devices like the one used in the Las Vegas massacre, saying it «will begin removing the weapons of war on our streets.»

He acted, passing the strongest gun law in the nation, banning the sale of assault weapons in New York state.»

In a statement, the Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate said, «Companies like Cerberus profit from the sale of deadly assault weapons and the NRA's obstruction of commonsense gun control — all while our communities are victimized.

The majority of the law, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons and a mandatory registry of existing assault weapons, survived a court challenge and remains intact.

The speech came shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and Cuomo focused on his seven - point SAFE Act that featured the toughest assault weapon ban in the nation, required more stringent background checks for gun sales, and banned direct ammo sales over the internet.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 presidential election, joined with a number of his Democratic colleagues Tuesday to introduced legislation to ban the sale and transfer of «military - style assault weapons.»

Colorado: Boulder City Council passes semi-auto ban The ordinance prohibits the sale and possession of assault weapons, as defined by the city.

The deal includes a tougher assault weapons ban and restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns.

The bill does not address a central demand of the Stoneman Douglas students to ban the sale of assault weapons, such as the semiautomatic rifle the alleged shooter Nikolas Cruz used at the high school.

WASHINGTON — In the current firestorm over gun control sparked by the mass schoolroom shooting in Parkland, Fla., the pro-gun lobby peddles the notion that restoring the federal ban on sale of all assault weapons is a non-starter.

Nearly two dozen Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, introduced a bill to ban the sale of military - style assault weapons and bump stock devices like the one used in the Las Vegas massacre, saying it «will begin removing the weapons of war on our streets.»

-- to keep the sale of assault weapons and place armed guards at our schools?

To that end, one of the first things the legislature did in its 2013 session was to pass a tougher assault weapons ban that included restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns, as well as provisions to keep guns from the mentally ill who make threats.

Rice said she supports banning the sale of military - style assault weapons and high - capacity ammunition and closing «loopholes that allow violent felons, domestic abusers, and people with dangerous mental illnesses to avoid background checks and buy guns.»

«Does [he] support banning the sale of military - style assault weapons and high - capacity magazines?

(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...

One part of the SAFE Act bans the sale of assault weapons like the kind used Sunday by Omar Mateen in Orlando to kill 50 people and wound 53 others at the gay nightclub called Pulse.

The bill defies the National Rifle Association, which is opposed to banning the sale of bump stocks, raising the legal age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21 and a three - day waiting period for all firearms.

Collins last year introduced legislation that would nullify much of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's NY SAFE Act, a sweeping set of gun control measures including a ban on sales of assault weapons in New York stores, Kowalczyk said.

And about two - thirds of New Yorkers, including a small majority of Republicans, support a national ban on the sale of assault weapons.

Voters who responded to the poll also expressed more support for banning the sale of assault - style weapons nationwide, by a 65 - to - 32 margin.

He thanked Cuomo for introducing and signing the SAFE Act, which broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased the reporting duty of mental health providers, mandated all gun sales be performed with a background check and banned magazines capable of holding more than ten bullets.

The analysts found little or no research on the impact of other policies, including gun - free zones, firearm sales reporting requirements and bans on assault weapons.

Support for banning assault weapons among all respondents decreased from 69 percent in 2013 to 63 percent in 2015, and support for banning the sale of large capacity ammunition magazines decreased from 68 percent to 60 percent.

Among other goals, the president said he aims to require a «universal background check» for everyone buying a gun (about 40 % of gun sales are not covered now), a prohibition on the sale of «military - style assault weapons,» a ban on high - capacity ammunition magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, and a push for better mental health care.

In 1994 the Congress saw, as matter of national security, to outlaw the sale of assault rifles, because the they saw no purpose in civilians owning weapons with the singular purpose of killing other civilians and their design made it possible to too easily convert these weapons to fully automatic operation.

Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

There is also an online petition to demand Congress pass laws to ban assault weapons, prohibit the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines, and close loopholes in background check laws for gun sales.

The petition was created by students and asks elected officials to approve a law that bans the sale of assault weapons, as well as prohibiting the sale of high - capacity magazines.

The students, he said, are demanding an assault weapons ban, prohibition of sales of high - capacity magazines and universal background checks.

Other measures Democrats want include bans on the sale of assault weapons and bump stocks and on allowing domestic abusers to own guns.

This week it was reported that Dick's Sporting Goods will no longer sell assault - style weapons and will raise the minimum age for all gun sales to be 21.