Sentences with phrase «assault weapons he used»

Ryan supports the Second Amendment, said a spokesman, «but he doesn't want the kind of assault weapons he used in combat in the hands of civilians.»

The students want to ban the kind of assault weapon used to kill 17 schoolmates and teachers and injure 17 others.

Not exact matches

«Why would anyone want to help finance assault weapons that are regularly used in mass shootings?»

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.

No one needs to use an assault weapon to protect themselves while walking home at night.

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

Meanwhile, President Trump — who was in favor of an assault weapons ban and longer waiting periods before his National Rifle Association - supported presidential campaign — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning the bump stocks used to convert semi-automatic guns into automatic weapons.

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.

After all, Cook County already has a ban assault weapons; semi-automatic handguns are the kind of weapon most commonly used in shootings.

In response to the Parkland shooting, Florida passed a law that incorporates some of those measures — such as expanding mental health services and regulations — but it doesn't ban assault - style weapons like the AR - 15 used in the shooting.

The use of high - powered semiautomatic rifles in recent mass shootings, including by Cruz, police say, and in last year's killing of 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas, has sparked calls to reinstate the 10 - year ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004.

In 1945 Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war, recommended to President Truman the use of nuclear weapons against Japan to hasten the end of the war and save the Allied forces an estimated 1 million casualties in an assault upon mainland Japan.

I recognize that my understanding is hardly universal, but to me an «assault weapon» is «any weapon used in an assault» and can include fertilizer, fists, hammers, machetes, crowbars, broken bottles, etc..

Can anyone argue that the mass shootings using assault weapons haven't created a sense of «terror» similar to the various bombings?

Assault weapon was a term defined in 1994 and doesn't follow the same defintion the military uses.

The only people that I have personally seen that use assault weapons are cartel enforcers.

That's good enough — though it would be respectful to only use that symbol for Christians who died at the hands of this assault - weapon - toting freak.

What you mistakenly call an «assault weapon» is merely a semiautomatic low powered rifle used for target shooting, hunting and home defense.

Lets just say there are 3 million to stay on the low side; what you suggest is to ban a weapon owned by over 3 million law abiding citizens, because it is used by criminals.008 % of the time??? Also, no civilian without a CLASS III federal license owns a real «assault weapon».

Still evangelicals should not defend the use, proliferation and availability of assault weapons with as much vigor as they defend their faith.

The army and navy in all honesty we did not know he held a 3rd dan black belt in sho rea, he had been trained in air born and air assault and nuclear weapons and their security on trident submarines so when somebody attacked him or use a weapon to intimidate him he considered only one option, deadly force had just been authorized.

Florida lawmakers shot down an amendment that would have banned semi-automatic «assault» weapons like the AR - 15 used in the Parkland shooting.

We used to have an assault weapons ban.

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.»

Should we ban assault weapons like the AR - 15 used in Parkland?

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday blasted Congress's failure to restrict access to assault weapons like the ones used in the Orlando massacre, saying pro-gun lawmakers are political prostitutes who...

So please join me in calling for the passage of common sense gun laws that reinstate the ban of assault - type weapons that used to exist from 1994 to 2004.

When an assault weapon is used in a shooting, the number of victims who are killed increases by 63 percent, according to Nadler, who said there have been more than 8,000 incidents of gun violence in the U.S. so far in 2018.

Among the weapons found was an assault - style weapon equipped with an illegal bump stock like the one used in the Las Vegas shooting.

It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a state party is a clear violation of the chemical weapons convention and a breach of international law.

Some weapons including 11 AK47 assault rifles, 10 SG rifles used by the military, a machine gun, four firing pins, clocking handling and anti-aircraft ammunition were retrieved from Moro Sata.

The provisions also would create a mandatory police registry of assault weapons and a more powerful tool to require the reporting of mentally ill people who say they intend to use a gun illegally.

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.

Legislative leaders in the Democrat - controlled General Assembly have already announced an ambitious gun - control agenda, including expansion of the state's existing assault weapons ban to cover the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and high - capacity ammunition magazines used by Adam Lanza in killing 20 first - graders and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

He says in addition to the tightening of the assault weapons ban, which Democrats sought, Republicans fought for enhanced criminal penalties for the use of illegal guns.

During debate over the gun control legislation approved in the State senate and Assembly, the issue of mentally ill people using guns to kill others came up a number of times, particularly among legislators who are opposed to restricting access to assault weapons and other guns.

Street corner thugs never used assault weapons, they prefer handguns which are still easy to get.

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.»

Among the most prominent proposals that legislative leaders have said they favor are closing loopholes in the state's ban on assault weapons so that it covers the Bushmaster AR - 15 rifle, the weapon used by 20 - year - old Adam Lanza in the Newtown killings.

«You can talk about mental health issues, large capacity magazines, assault weapons, but ultimately, people who are so divorced from the norms of society that they resort to using illegal weapons, they have to be separated from us as long as they possibly can.»

«The concern is that they're occurring much more frequently and are becoming much more deadly because of the type weapons being used,» Bratton said, calling assault rifles «weapons of war.»

The governor has used the full arsenal of weapons — from crowd - stirring speeches to leaks to friendly reporters to appeals to patriotism to ruthless intimidation — in an artful, coordinated assault unlike anything modern Albany has experienced.

Assembly Bill 1985 «allows federal correctional officers to possess and use assault weapons and other specified firearms while off duty,» according to the legislative analysis.

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.

«Which is how Governor Cuomo has misled America, because it just sounds awful when you use the term «assault weapon.»»

The House package also included a measure to study bump stocks, the devices that turn rifles into automatic - style weapons and were used in the Las Vegas assault last fall, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

«An assortment of weapons has been used in the attacks, including sticks, stones, a sword and in an instance in the Mount Elgon (area), a pistol and two automatic assault rifles,» Amnesty said.

«These assault weapons, etc. that are not used for hunting but when they fall into the wrong hands can do tremendous damage.

Researchers surveyed 3,025 men about whether they had ever engaged in violent behaviour, including if they had ever been in a physical fight, assaulted or deliberately hit anyone, if they had used a weapon, and whether the violence was perpetrated when they were drunk or on drugs.

And so with revenge in his back pocket and a lead on the perpetrators, a retaliatory Paul Kersey («The Grim Reaper» per the local media) is born and streetwise criminals will have to get used to experiencing his unsavory wrath by way of assault weapons, surgical instruments and blunt objects.