Sentences with phrase «bump stock ban»

President Donald Trump backed a bump stock ban following the attack; Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally proposed such a ban in late March.

At the time, the bump stock ban seemed narrow enough that Republicans could explain supporting it: Automatic weapons are mostly banned in the United States, and this device is essentially a loophole to that regulation.

Slide Fire announced a last day for orders Tuesday in anticipation of a bump stock ban from President Trump's Department of Justice.

During Saturday's student march for gun control, Parkland shooting survivor Delany Tarr made clear that she and other gun controllers plan to parlay a bump stock ban into numerous other gun controls.

NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer argued against the bump stock ban.

The bump stock ban originally came up in response to the Las Vegas shooting last year, in which a shooter used the devices to kill 58 others and injure hundreds more.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

So, Democrats — including several Catholics, such as Senator Tim Kaine, who are «personally» though not professionally opposed to abortion — voted to filibuster the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Republican leaders who could have moved a bump stock ban bill to the floor after the Las Vegas massacre did not.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Elaine Phillips backed gun control measures such as the bump stock ban.

On the national level, Republican members of Congress indicated this week they would be open to a bump stock ban.

Republican Senator Robert Ortt last month said the GOP conference was yet to discuss a bump stock ban.

President Donald Trump backed a bump stock ban following the attack; Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally proposed such a ban in late March.

On the Senate floor, Democratic Senator Brad Hoylman, who sponsors the bump stock ban, says the state can't wait for federal action.

The bump stocks ban was part of a lengthy Assembly agenda for the year that Heastie outlined.

«The bump stock ban to us is so important,» said Amanda McCorry, a Wilton mother and member of Mothers Demand Action.

It still includes a bump stocks ban, allows law enforcement to seize weapons from those deemed mentally ill and likely pose a threat, and raises the minimum age a person can buy any gun to 21.

Rep. William Tong, a Democrat and the House chairman of the judiciary committee — where the bump stock ban was approved 36 - 5 — said earlier Tuesday, «in 2017 we learned about bump stocks; we learned after hearing that 58 people had been killed in Las Vegas and 500 had been injured.»

The measures announced Tuesday include a bump stock ban and gun ownership restrictions for people convicted of hate crimes or domestic violence.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Elaine Phillips (R - LI) also backed gun control measures such as the bump stock ban.

Republican leaders in the state Senate did not respond to requests for comment on Hoylman's bill, but on Wednesday they defeated an effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on several gun control measures including a bump stock ban.

The 16 - member Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission comes out of Florida's new gun safety law that includes a bump stocks ban and raises the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21.

Sen. Elaine Phillips, a Republican from Long Island, endorsed specific gun control measures including the bump stock ban and closing the loopholes on domestic violence convicts.

The comments range from dismay at the YouTubers being given strikes for older videos, to pessimistic predictions that YouTube's bump stock ban will lead to a general ban against firearm videos on the site.

The president had already pledged to do something to protect the nation's children ahead of the meeting, even directing the U.S. attorney general to explore a bump stock ban.

The versions also call for a bump stock ban, but there are certain loopholes.