Sentences with phrase «by gun laws»

Rubio responded that the problems laid bare by the shooting rampage «can not be solved by gun laws alone,» drawing jeering whistles from the crowd.

The crowd booed Rubio as he began to reply, «The problems that we're facing here today can not be solved by gun laws alone.»

Rubio responded by clarifying that «the problem we are facing here can not be solved by gun laws alone.»

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The scarcity of illegal guns is reportedly so bad that stolen antique guns are frequently used by gangs, and U.K. law enforcement officials now estimate that only around 1,000 guns are in use by criminal elements in the entirety of the U.K.

But in the longer term, views on gun laws appear to be driven as much by partisan division as specific events.

A wide - ranging new study led by NewYork - Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center suggests a protective correlation between counties in states with strict gun laws and ones that border them but may have more permissive policies.

Under federal law, long guns like the semiautomatic AR -15-style assault rifle used by the Florida gunman can be bought from licensed dealers by people as young as 18, while the minimum age for handgun purchases is 21.

Tarr and other students like Emma Gonzalez (the senior with the shaved head) and David Hogg (targeted by conspiracy theorists because his father once worked for the FBI) have, virtually on their own, turned what could have become another impotent «thoughts and prayers» response to a massacre into a national movement to transform the nation's gun laws.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

Though several states tightened their gun laws in response, years of impassioned public campaigning by Sandy Hook victims» families have not brought any expansion of federal gun control laws.

«It's a fiction created and methodically cultivated by the gun lobby, designed to assure that no laws are passed to make America safer, because those laws would cut into their profits.»

Remington also said sales could be hurt by more government regulation, including enhanced background checks and a broader definition of «dealer» under current gun laws.

The effectiveness of raising the age to buy a gun will be considered by the commission DeVos is leading, but the decision to change those gun laws will be left to states in the meantime.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

Later Tuesday, the Broward Sheriff's Office filed a petition for a «temporary risk protection order» under the state's new gun law, identifying Zachary Cruz as someone who «poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself or others by having a firearm.»

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

Like other loopholes in gun laws, these have been in large part buttressed by the typical pro-gun argument that people should have these weapons to be able to defend themselves and their families.

The lawsuit has high stakes for both gun companies and gun - control advocates because it is testing a novel strategy to find a route around the broad protections granted by federal law that shield the companies from litigation if their product is used to commit a crime.

Oregon Live reports that the state has banned gun ownership by anyone convicted of domestic violence since 2015, but the law did not apply to abusers who were not married to, had no children with, or did not live with their victims.

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

Still reeling from the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Broward County law enforcement agencies are leading the state by far in using sweeping new powers to take away guns from dozens of citizens they claim are dangerous.

In Illinois, lawmakers passed a bill last week that would require gun dealers to be licensed by the state, but it was not clear whether the Republican governor would sign it into law.

Federal law requires background checks for gun sales by licensed dealers, but there are holes in the system.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas junior Kyle Kashuv alleges he was aggressively questioned by school administrators and local law enforcement after posting on social media that he fired an assault weapon at a gun range.

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

Because so many guns are purchased privately by individuals and brought into Chicago from places with more lax gun laws like Indiana, experts say universal background checks could actually make a difference in reducing gun violence in cities.

In Connecticut, where 762 gun seizure cases were carried out from 1999 to June 2013, a study by researchers at Duke University estimated that the law had averted approximately one suicide for every 10 to 11 gun seizure cases.

Asked about mass shootings more broadly, the public says by a roughly 2 to 1 margin that they reflect problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems rather than inadequate gun control laws.

Our «Strict» gun laws are a joke compared to other countries and do little on a state - by - state basis.

Some 9,000 gun murders are committed every year by law - abiding citizens who might have continued to be law - abiding had they not possessed firearms.

Only by reducing the love affair Americans have with guns can we start to reduce the macho gun owner mentality (and I know many gun owners... most are hunters, and I have no issue with that, but no deer was ever so formidable that anyone ever needed an assault rifle to take it down (and I've caught wild turkey with nothing but snare traps) People get up in arms caliming their rights are violated when some law limits guns, but that does not remove the right to bear arms, simply limits it to reason within the spirit of the amendment.

The driver, who has been identified by law enforcement officials as Sayfullo Saipov, 29, from Uzbekistan, was shot by police after jumping out of the vehicle with what turned out to be two fake guns.

Evangelicals, speak the truth: Speak FOR guns; they are used millions of times by law abiding citizens and save thousands of lives each year.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

In Republican - controlled legislatures, the number of laws proposed to loosen gun control increased by 75 percent, where in Democrat - controlled legislatures, the number of laws proposed to restrict gun access increased 10 percent, according to the Harvard Business School study.

They are happening by THUGS who break the gun laws IN ADDITION to others.

A February poll by Quinnipiac University found 66 percent supported stricter gun laws across all demographics, with 97 percent of respondents saying universal background checks should be mandatory.

The only people who will be affected by even more (useless) gun control are law - abiding citizens.

She understands the power of evil — that evil conspires against law and moral order, and that it can not be quenched by men and guns alone, or even women and guns.

The massacres by a few crazies are truly tragedies, but millions and millions of law abiding, permit carrying gun owners have not shot anyone.

A home owner in Texas shot and killed his neighbor's gardener who was cleaning a flower bed under a window... The neighbor said he thought the gardener was trying to rob the house... Under the laws in Texas it is legal to kill someone if you think you, or someone else is in danger... this covers property to... The Governor even spoke up in support of the shooter... He was not charged with shooting another man in the back... and killing him... where is common sense... How many innocent people are killed by guns...

There are 260 million americans and a bill of rights and many millions of gun owners who have nothing to do with mass shooting yet you want to make the difference by banning something that affects 3 million plus law abiding citizens... to stop.008 % of murders???

I observed that young black males attract the «special attention» of law enforcement, and that any population focused on by people with guns — even law enforcers — will suffer a disproportionate amount of police violence.

We need conversations about loopholes in the laws that allow the sale of weapons at gun shows and by private dealers without proper background checks.

What was the need for law enforcement to charge into the backyard by themselves guns a blazing?

Working together we will build on all that we've achieved and continue to lift up New Yorkers by investing in our infrastructure, passing the DREAM Act, enacting campaign finance and voting reform, and further strengthening New York's nation - leading gun safety laws.

«This is the latest evidence that Anthony Brindisi is a phony Albany politician who claims to represent law - abiding gun owners when in reality, he is backed by a gun control group and votes to fund Cuomo's unconstitutional SAFE Act.

«I fully support the efforts of spearheaded by courageous members of the State Senate to pass common sense gun laws in New York and today I'm asking all of my supporters to call Senator Golden's office and ask him to do the same.»

He is an outspoken critic of the tougher gun laws championed last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Webb's conservative position on gun laws is well - known, but here he is on evolution: «This confrontation between religious and scientific theories is still unsettled even today, as creationists rationally argue that the living world could not have been fashioned without an «intelligent designer,» and that the theory of evolution as presented by the Darwinists still rests on scientific speculation that has yet to be proven.»