Sentences with phrase «ban on bump stocks»

ALBANY — State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday called for a complete ban on bump stock devices in New York.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

Upstate Sen. John Bonacic said he would be willing to consider bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

After that massacre, the N.R.A. said it supported a national ban on bump stocks, an extremely rare gun control endorsement by the group.

Republican Sen. John Bonacic in an interview Tuesday said he would be open to considering specific gun control legislation such as bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

But Representative Peter T. King, a New York Republican who said in an interview that he favors banning assault weapons — a major break with his party — called the proposed ban on bump stocks a «small step,» and took issue with the age limit proposal.

Some of the bills passed this year that he mentioned include a state ban on bump stocks, reform of the state's parole system, gender parity in pay and fairness for victims of sexual assault.

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

Markley, first elected to the senate in 2010 as a Tea Party of one, has voted against gun safety — including the recent ban on bump stocks supported by other Republicans such as state Rep. Mitch Bolinsky of Newtown who co-sponsored the bill — against pay equity, against community shared solar, and against the budget last year, though ultimately he voted for it.

Legislation is being introduced to establish a New York ban on bump stock devices, like those used by the Las Vegas gunman who killed dozens and wounded hundreds last Sunday.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses growing tensions between President Trump and Senate Republicans, the NRA's take on a possible ban on bump stocks, Trump's rollback of birth control access for women, and the controversy of Columbus Day.

Katko said he has already decided to support two other initiatives: A federal ban on bump stocks, devices that enable a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster; and a bill in Congress aimed at strengthening the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.

Stack also called for a nationwide ban on bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire as if they are automatic weapons.

After Nevada massacre, the N.R.A. said it supported a national ban on bump stocks.

Even conservative lawmakers like Paul Ryan seemed open to a ban on bump stocks.

«A real leader would have gotten Congress to pass a ban on bump stocks after the horror of Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in modern American history,» Ambler said.

Now, as awareness around mass shootings and gun violence rises again, Feinstein has brought up another ban on the bump stocks themselves.

On Capitol Hill, support appeared to grow for a ban on the bump stock devices, either through regulation or legislation, as Republicans — who for decades have rejected any form of gun restrictions — began increasingly to speak out.

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

The NRA's statement comes hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., said in an interview with MSNBC that a ban on bump stocks is «clearly something we need to look into.»

Americans want stronger background checks, a ban on bump stocks and assurances that military - style weapons will stop finding their way into the hands of terrorists, domestic abusers and the mentally ill.

President Trump is already backing a ban on bump stocks, a device that turns semiautomatic weapons into automatic ones and was used in last year's Las Vegas mass shooting.

Trump has called for expanding background checks, floated a ban on bump stocks and proposed arming teachers in the days after the shooting.

It includes things like a ban on bump stocks and raising the minimum age to 21 for a person to buy any firearm.

Attendees said they wanted to see a ban on bump stocks and that special interest groups are preventing new gun laws from being passed

The bills include «extreme risk» protective orders against people who have guns, a ban on bump stocks and an expansion of background checks.

This is not to say that a ban on bump stocks — a niche product though it is — wouldn't represent a modicum of progress in the right direction.

The Assembly Democratic majority passed a legislative package of bills that included a ban on bump stocks; the creation of «Extreme Risk Protection Orders,» prohibiting a person who is adjudicated to be a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing a firearm; and the Domestic Violence Escalation Prevention Act, which prevents those convicted of domestic violence from purchasing or possessing a firearm.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.

Massachusetts is the first state to enact a ban on bump stocks in the wake of last month's shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.

It includes background checks, limits on high capacity magazines, and a ban on bump stocks.

It also includes a three - day waiting period for gun purchases, a ban on bump stocks, and allows law enforcement to seize weapons from a person deemed mentally ill and will likely pose a threat.

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow...

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the push for a ban on bump stocks for automatic weapons, Trump's decision to de-certify the Iran nuclear deal.

It includes a ban on bump stocks — an add - on that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic weapon with the pull of a single trigger.

Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania said he supports a ban on bump stocks, whether it's done through legislation or a change in federal regulations.

The Department of Justice issued a ban on bump stocks Friday as a response to the gun - control groundswell.

In addition to the waiting period, the new law includes raising the minimum age for gun purchasers from 18 to 21 and a ban on bump stocks — an add - on that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic weapon with a single pull of the trigger.

«We're taking on our sacred cow,» Piccolo said of the National Rifle Association, pointing to gun control measures — raising the purchase age, the three - day waiting period and the ban on bump stocks — included in both house's versions of the bill.

Common ground is how we were able to achieve the STOP School Violence Act, improvements to our background check system, propelling CDC studies on gun violence and now, a ban on bump stocks.

Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania said he supports a ban on bump stocks, whether it's done through legislation or a change in federal regulations.

«I came to open dialogue,» Ciabottonia said, adding that calling for a ban on bump stocks was reactionary.

-- Trump issues gun - control order: President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to propose a ban on bump stocks and other devices that can turn a semiautomatic firearm into an automatic one.

Those include a ban on bump stocks that turn semi-automatic rifles into machine gun - style weapons and a limit on high - capacity magazine clips.

The teenager then proceeded to interrupt Loesch with her original question, to which the NRA spokeswoman repeated the organization's stance, which was to be open to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives considering a ban on bump stocks.

Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon, D - Miami Gardens, pointed out that the plans of both the governor and the legislature include two Democratic bills that never received a committee hearing during the ongoing legislative session, which ends March 9 — a ban on bump stocks, and a restraining order that allows law enforcement to take guns from people who make violent threats.

Establishes a ban on bump stocks, a piece of equipment that make semi-automatic weapons fire faster

At the Great Mills news conference Tuesday, Hogan cited his school safety plan to spend money on school security upgrades; the ban on bump stocks, which make semi-automatic weapons behave like automatic weapons; and the so - called red flag rule for seizing weapons from people whom judges deem dangerous.

State lawmakers this year are considering a ban on bump stocks, which turn semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons, among other measures.