Sentences with phrase «banning assault»

While not calling for a registry or banning assault weapons, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a host of reforms Friday, including raising the age to purchase a rifle to 21, creating a «violent threat restraining order» that would bar people deemed a threat from buying guns, boosting funding for mental health and banning bump stocks, an attachment that causes a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster.

Many of Mast's supporters were stunned by his call for banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and many other mass shootings; background checks for anyone buying a firearm; a higher minimum age for buying various categories of guns; and banning of accessories like bump stocks that make firearms perform like automatic weapons.

The commission lacked the 10 - member quorum to take action on the proposals, which included banning assault rifles, banning high - capacity magazines, banning the sale of devices to turn an semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one and banning gun shows on county - owned property.

Hastings and Wasserman Schultz both favor banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, which has been used in multiple mass shootings including the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, in which 17 people were killed and 17 wounded.

Anna Fusco, president of the Broward County teachers union, joined the students and directly questioned where Putnam stands on banning assault rifles.

U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Debbie Wasserman Schultz support several new restrictions on firearms, including banning assault weapons and raising the age for buying some firearms.

At her press conference, DeVos did not take positions on other proposals that students have demanded, such as banning assault weapons.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear the bill banning assault rifles and large capacity magazines.

Voting in favor of banning assault weapons in the state were state Sens. Oscar Braynon, D - Miami Gardens; Lauren Book, D - Plantation; Anitere Flores, R - Miami; Bill Montford, D - Tallahassee; Jose Javier Rodriguez, D - Miami; and Thurston.

«I am in incensed with where we are today with gun control in the state of Florida,» Graham said, pledging to issue an executive order banning assault weapons immediately upon taking office if she becomes governor.

And that provision — banning assault weapons — along with many other pieces of sensible gun - safety legislation, is vocally advocated by Sheriff Israel, and just as vocally opposed by the NRA, and by Gov. Rick Scott.

The failed amendments included another attempt at banning assault weapons, a ban Democrats have attempted four times already in three committee meetings and on the Senate floor.

No, GUN VIOLENCE is a public health crisis + Spano blocked HB 219 banning assault weapons in his committee for 2 yrs,» said Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith from Orlando.

Legislators balked at banning assault weapons.

Just 18 months after declaring his opposition to banning assault weapons, Ashford has changed his mind.

Anti-gun lawmakers insist that regulation must address issues such as stricter background checks, high - capacity magazines, banning assault style rifles, and prohibiting silencers.

It is an attempt to highlight the invisible violence that underpins the international industry of death and suffering: the commercial and government complicity that allows for weapons to be made and sold by public companies for shareholder profit; the laws banning assault rifles which go neglected; and the films and video - games which depict trigger - happy heroes.

Then last year when there was talk of banning assault rifles like AR - 15's and Ak - 47's prices quadrupled and whatever inventory was on the shelf soon flew off — overnight.

Ban Assault Weapons NOW announced the newest additions to its team as it gears up to push an amendment banning assault weapons onto the 2020 ballot.

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.

The Post-ABC poll also finds that 58 percent of adults say stricter gun control laws could have prevented the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but there is no rise in support for banning assault weapons compared with two years ago and the partisan divide on this policy is as stark as ever.

Ban Assault Weapons NOW announced the newest additions to its team as it gears up to push an amendment banning assault weapons onto the 2020 ballot.

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

Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns.

He's proposed banning assault weapons and requiring trigger locks, and has openly supported gun control legislation through his entire political career.

After all, under its Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has responded to December's Newtown tragedy by passing legislation banning assault weapons and making it harder for seriously mentally ill individuals to legally obtain firearms.

Cuono and King also discussed New York's passage of new gun control laws, specifically banning assault weapons, which the Long Island Republican said he supports.

With 2016 on the horizon, it's tantalizing to see this as the kick - off that campaign, especially as Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a potential Democratic primary rival, makes a similar play for banning assault weapons in his state.

And when asked about the Las Vegas shooting at an appearance in Albany on Monday, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand said Congress should consider banning assault weapons, expanding background checks and cracking down on gun trafficking.

Later in the day, at a campaign stop in Albany, Molinaro was asked by reporters about New York's gun control laws banning assault weapons.

With Parkland students present, having traveled to the statehouse by bus, Florida lawmakers voted down a motion to take up a bill banning assault rifles.

In an interview with Rachel Maddow, Cuomo urged the national Democratic Party to go all in on real gun control solutions — universal background checks, banning assault weapons and extended magazines, etc. — that can actually have a real impact.

Ronald Reagan, a conservative republican signed a law banning assault weapons.

SO banning assault weapons is not going to accomplish anything.

While more than 7 in 10 Republicans and independents supported banning assault weapons in 1999, the new Post-ABC poll finds 45 percent of independents supporting it now, dropping to 29 percent among Republicans.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

They said they would consider other gun control bills before the session ends in March, but none of those measures is expected to go as far as banning assault rifles.

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.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear the bill banning assault rifles and large capacity magazines.

Liberal states could ban assault weapons and institute checkpoints at their borders to screen for them, if they so chose.

In Florida on Tuesday, legislators voted down an attempt to revive a bill that would ban assault - style rifles.

The Florida state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California wants to ban assault weapons, instate a federal gun buy - back program for those who own them and criminally prosecute those who refuse to hand them over.

Less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school, the state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.

As the Florida House opened its session Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Kionne McGhee asked for a procedural move that would have allowed it to consider a bill to ban assault rifles and large capacity magazines.

Parents, students and teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take more far - reaching action and ban all assault weapons.

The primary goals: to ban assault weapons and high - capacity magazines and create laws that require background checks on every gun purchase.

After the Parkland shooting, teenage activists in Florida organized a movement to encourage lawmakers to create stricter gun laws and ban assault weapons.

In the state legislature, The Columbus Dispatch reports that Democrats have introduced a bill that would ban assault weapons in the state and seek to remove any existing guns that fall under that category.

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.