Sentences with phrase «ban gun sales»

Amid failure of federal legislation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday again called for federal action that would ban gun sales to those on terror or no - fly watch lists.

We could ban gun sales to people under the age of 21, just like we ban alcohol sales to people under the age of 21.

He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.

They never mention I co-sponsored Mental Health & Safe Communities Act which banned gun sales to persons committed to psych hospital

Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams said they support a bill in Congress banning gun sales to suspected terrorists, an increase in the federal minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, increased spending on roads and bridges, a ban on fracking for natural gas, and replacing the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse with a boulevard.

A major retailer said it will stop selling assault - style rifles and high - capacity magazines, and ban guns sales to anyone under 21.

Not exact matches

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School traveled to the state Capitol in Tallahassee this week to push lawmakers to ban the sale of all military - style guns like the AR - 15.

introduced legislation to ban the import, sale, manufacturing, transfer, and possession of bump stocks and other similar gun accessories.

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

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.

In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, shooting, Dick's Sporting Goods banned the sale of assault - style rifles and the sale of all guns to anyone under 21.

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.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) has caved and signed a ban on private on gun sales after running a gubernatorial campaign in which he rejected the need for more gun control.

If not for the ban on consolidating data into a searchable system, the ATF could create a database that allows it to immediately check the sales history of any gun used in a crime.

The bill bans bump stocks, increases the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 — with exceptions for military and law enforcement officials — and imposes a three - day waiting period for all gun sales.

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.

It also called for private sale and gun show loopholes to be closed and universal background checks to be enacted, as well as a universal database of those banned from buying guns.

Every time a Democrat is elected president, gun and ammunition sales (and prices) go way up as owners fear some ban which never happens.

The City Council unanimously voted Friday to ban sales of guns and ammunition at the Saratoga Springs City Center, though a show scheduled to take place in May will go on as planned.

As teachers returned today to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor, Republican Rick Scott, proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violence.

Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting.

The city of Saratoga Springs is considering a ban on the sale of guns and ammunition at the City Center, Mayor Meg Kelly announced this weekend in a welcoming speech to Local Progress New York.

From banning the sale of possession of bump stocks to allowing courts to prohibit domestic violence abusers or people deemed extreme risks from purchasing guns, Democrat Sean Ryan said the legislation the Assembly passed this week is commonsense, plain and simple.

Rachel supports banning the future sales of assault rifles, enacting universal background checks and providing funding to research gun violence.

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

Also not resolved - amending the state's recently passed gun control laws rescind a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines.

Governor Cuomo confirms that he and legislative leaders are talking about changing the state's newly enacted gun laws to rescind a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines.

It also bans high - capacity magazines, requires federal background checks on private gun sales and imposes felony penalties for illegal gun possession.

Gun control has become a contentious issue in New York following the passage of the SAFE Act, a gun control measure that bans the sale of some semi-automatic weapons and requires those who already own such firearms to register with authorities.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachers.

In January, the Board of Legislators passed a law that banned the sale of weapons on county property, but Astorino vetoed that bill and allowed a gun show to take place at the county center.

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.

On Monday, I will be voting to ban the sale and distribution of guns and ammunition at Westchester County Center and other County property.

A federal judge has upheld most of New York's new gun control law, rejecting arguments that its bans on large - capacity magazines and the sale of some semi-automatic rifles violate Second Amendment rights.

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

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.

The 2013 law, passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre, led to a ban on new sales of military - style rifles and shotguns and other gun control measures.

In Tallahassee, state House representatives on Wednesday debated a bill that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, require a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases and ban the sale or possession of bump - fire stocks.

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.»

The Saratoga Springs City Council is scheduled to vote Friday morning on a measure that would ban sales of guns and ammunition inside a downtown venue.

The youth at Pathway, a school within East that works with students to help them graduate on time, went to support the Florida students who want a national ban on the sales of assault - style rifles and high - capacity magazines and want to close loopholes about sales of firearms at gun shows and on the Internet.

The new law expanded the ban on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety.

(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...

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.

Also not resolved — amending the state's recently passed gun control laws to rescind a ban on the sale of 10 - bullet magazines.

(ABC News) Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms in its 700 - plus stores, including ending sales of assault - style rifles and banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21, the company...

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.