Sentences with phrase «coming gun ban»

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And although the White House has come around to bipartisan proposals to very slightly improve background checks and ban bump stocks, the compromises amount to fairly small changes to America's weak gun laws.

So the idea that only criminals have guns, if guns are banned, kinda a falls apart, since all the illegal weapons had to come from legal owners, (who didn't defend themselves?)

His comments come the same day Assembly Democrats approved package of gun control measures, including an extreme risk protection order measure, banning bump stock possession and a strengthening background checks.

i feel that this is only the start of more dangerous things to come, now they want to ban our guns and destroy the second amendment tomorrow whats next.

The event comes on the heels of a sweeping gun control law that passed last month in Albany that updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of rounds in a high - capacity magazine.

«One year ago today a large majority of Senators, including Democrats and a number of Republicans, came together to support Governor Cuomo's NY SAFE Act — a law that bans assault weapons, protects our first responders and strengthens background checks to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from gaining access to guns,» Wagner said.

The speech came shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and Cuomo focused on his seven - point SAFE Act that featured the toughest assault weapon ban in the nation, required more stringent background checks for gun sales, and banned direct ammo sales over the internet.

Three weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern history, efforts to ban the gadgets known as bump stocks — which the Las Vegas killer might have used to turn rifles into machines guns — have come to a screeching halt.

The letter comes as gun control advocacy groups and some Republican lawmakers who voted no blast the law, which tightens the state's assault weapons ban, limits the number of rounds in a high capacity magazine and tightens criminal penalties for illegal weapons.

The ban, which was unsuccessfully floated in 2010 by Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat, who plans to run for county executive this year, came in response to a gun show held at the County Center last month, and would have reinstated an embargo from former County Executive Andrew Spano that lapsed when Astorino took office in 2010.

According to Joe Sgamatto, a spokesman for the Board of Legislators» Democratic Caucus, the potential legislation — which will expound upon a set of Republican initiatives introduced simultaneously with Democrats» proposed ban on gun shows held at county facilities — came as a result of sweeping public comment.

«And I believe the nominee that comes out of this primary must be a champion for gun safety and for a ban on weapons of war.»

The report comes 5 months after President Barack Obama announced an end to the ban on public health research on gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that had been in place since 1996.

The high - capacity gun magazine ban has also been introduced, but will come into effect on July 1st 2017.

Rubio's comments came after he participated in a televised CNN town hall last week, where he said he supports raising the minimum age to purchase guns to 21 and banning bump stocks that allow rifles to fire more rapidly.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida House committee voted down a request Tuesday to put an assault rifle ban in whatever the new gun bill comes out to be.

After that point, areas with gun bans in place had to pass legislation that did not come into conflict with the court's ruling.

But in general, when it comes to doing business, owners can ban guns on their property by posting a sign.