Sentences with phrase «ban on assault»

The teens politely stood up and told their stories to the politicians, some of whom a day earlier had voted against a ban on assault weapons.

Corcoran said there is a need for a comprehensive bill addressing school safety and mental illness, but he stopped short of the complete ban on assault weapons advocated by many of the students.

Senate rejects ban on assault weapons.»

The new law fell short of achieving a ban on assault - style weapons, but it creates a so - called guardian program enabling some teachers and other school employees to carry guns.

, noting that she has again proposed reimposing a ban on the assault - style rifle that Cruz used.

After the Parkland school shooting, President Trump vowed to defy the NRA and push for a comprehensive gun control bill that would raise the age limit to purchase rifles, impose near universal background checks and renew a ban on assault - style rifles.

It does not include a ban on assault weapons, one of the top points of contention for Democrats and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School activists.

Even as it voted against taking up a proposed ban on assault weapons, the Florida House voted to declare pornography a public health risk, the Associated Press's Joe Reedy reports.

Assault rifle amendment: The Senate on March 3 voted against including a ban on assault rifles in their gun legislation.

On the day of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School athletic director Chris Hixon's funeral, students traveled to Tallahassee and Washington, D.C., to protest for the National Rifle Association's influence on legislators and demand a ban on assault weapons.

Many students and parents want a ban on assault - style rifles like the AR - 15 that former student Nikolas Cruz used to kill 14 students and three teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day.

Assault rifle amendment: The House voted on Feb. 20 to not consider a proposal to add a ban on assault rifles in their bill.

A rally outside the state Capitol featuring more than a thousand gun - control activists became a raucous Senate committee hearing Monday as gun - control activists filled the room, hooting and hollering as speaker after speaker demanded a ban on assault weapons, and hissing and booing as NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer warned that a proposed ban «stops short of banning every gun known to man.»

A week after a shooter slaughtered 17 people in a Florida high school, thousands of protesters, including many angry teenagers, swarmed into the state Capitol on Wednesday, calling for changes to gun laws, a ban on assault - type weapons and improved care for the mentally ill.

Around 100 students took a bus to Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday morning to ask state legislators to reinstate a ban on assault weapons.

Meanwhile, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, now a Democratic candidate for governor, led a rally of more than 1,000 people on the Capitol steps in Tallahassee, calling for a ban on assault rifles and criticizing the National Rifle Assn. for advocating the arming of teachers.

A handful of commissioners floated proposals that would impose stricter gun regulations, such as a ban on assault - style weapons, following the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in which 14 students and three staff members were shot dead by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz.

«We need reasonable regulations, better background checks and a permanent ban on assault rifles,» he says.

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.

Some of the aspects of the bill that many do not support include the fact that there is no ban on assault - style weapons and the bill includes a program that would give districts the ability to opt in or out of allowing teachers to be armed at schools.

The town hall followed a day of school walkouts around the country to demand a ban on assault - style rifles like the one Cruz was able to buy when he was 18 years old.

His views reflected many of those who testified before the committee, saying they wanted a ban on assault rifles that the committee rejected, and that they opposed the idea of arming teachers.

In a national Marist poll, 69 percent supported a ban on assault weapons, including 57 percent of Republicans.

They'll talk about pursuing a ban on assault weapons, high - capacity magazines, bump stocks and gun shows.

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters polled in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre want stricter gun laws, including universal background checks for gun buyers, a higher minimum age for gun purchasers, and an outright ban on assault - style rifles.

Actually, 62 percent of Floridians support a ban on assault weapons, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Gun control advocates who have mobilized in the wake of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looked to a Broward County board Wednesday to allow county residents to vote on a ban on assault rifles and high - capacity gun magazines.

She'd also like a ban on assault - style weapons, stronger background checks for gun buyers, and raising the minimum age for buyers to 21.

Survivors of the Parkland shooting quickly became the faces of a national conversation on gun control, and are lobbying lawmakers for more restrictive gun laws — including a ban on assault - style rifles and higher - capacity magazines.

Many of the students have confronted state and congressional lawmakers, demanding a ban on assault weapons similar to the one used to kill their friends and teachers.

The senator also had a back and forth — usually testy for public officials in a public forum — with U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D - West Boca, who represents Parkland and wants a ban on assault weapons.

«Our goal here is to get a complete ban on assault weapons in the state of Florida, and we will not accept anything else,» student Spencer Blum said.

Some Republicans don't like the idea of raising the age to buy a firearm to 21, and some Democrats wanted a ban on assault - style rifles.

Despite the presence of the Douglas High students in attendance, the Florida House voted on 20 February 2018 not to consider a bill calling for a ban on assault rifles and high - capacity magazines for firearms.

Artist Statement «The 1994 ban on assault weapons was passed 216 - 214 with the last two votes swayed by former President Ronald Reagan.

Angered by the Republican - led Florida House of Representatives» decision Tuesday to refuse to discuss a ban on assault weapons, Nicole Auchinleck, a 17 - year - old at Boca Raton High School, said she coordinated the massive rally using the social media app Snapchat.

A ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity ammunition clips, and products that modify semi-automatic firearms to enable them to function like automatic firearms.

Students protest on the floor of the Florida Capitol earlier this month to push for a ban on assault weapons.

These include expanded background checks of potential gun owners, and a ban on assault weapons.

Virtually no research has examined whether a federal ban on assault weapons from 1994 to 2004 contributed to the relatively low rate of mass public shootings during that period.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, during his State of the State address, said he would like to strengthen New York's ban on assault weapons — such as these confiscated by the Maine State Police.

It did bring back a ban on assault - style weapons, that's true.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos says he hopes to wrap up what he calls «fruitful» discussions shortly, was asked whether a strengthened ban on assault weapons would be part of the deal.

The federal ban on assault weapons was allowed to lapse in 2004.

The legislation does not include a ban on assault weapons despite outcry from Parkland shooting survivors.

The ban on assault weapons and large ammunition clips passed by state lawmakers and signed into law earlier this week has the support of 73 percent of New York voters, according to the latest poll by the Siena Research Institute.

He would not say if he would support a ban on assault weapons but reiterated that he wants all weapons kept out of the hands of people who should not have them.

Topics ranged from background checks, to a ban on assault - style rifles, and mental health.

But he also cited former Buffalo Homicide chief Charles Feramusca, who investigated hundreds of homicides during his career, and is strongly in support of a ban on assault - style weapons.

Gov. Scott said a ban on assault weapons would «not fix the problem» and would hurt «law - abiding citizens.»