Sentences with phrase «debate about gun»

Trump's comments come in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, last week, which killed 17 people and has again spurred a national debate about gun control.

Mass shootings have dominated the media in recent months and years, resulting in a heated debate about gun control laws nationwide.

There's a lot of debate about gun control right now, and it was interesting today to watch all the major U.S. car rental agencies halt their discount programs for members of the NRA (National Rifle... [Read more...] about Why Car Rental Companies Made the Right Call in Dropping the NRA

Young people across the country are leading the debate about gun violence in the U.S. in the wake of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL..

The only problem is that America is still in the process of a widespread national debate about gun control, so when absolutely nothing is made of the case at the heart of the story to make room for the chases and behind - closed - doors intrigue, the issue becomes a mere afterthought, which Runaway Jury indifferently exploits for the purpose of escapism.

Given that the eternal debate about gun control has now been heightened, post-Parkland massacre, to a new state of urgency, the film, depending on your point of view, is either horribly timed or spectacularly well - timed.

The tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., on July 20 has reignited a long - running debate about gun control and laws allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, convened a town hall on Thursday afternoon that attracted roughly 100 high school students to discuss steps the city can take to ensure safety in schools amid a national debate about gun control.

Obama accused the powerful pro-gun rights lobby group of peddling an «imaginary fiction» that he said has distorted the national debate about gun violence.

The Feb. 14 shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland forced lawmakers to quickly deal with school - safety issues and spurred a contentious debate about gun laws.

Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are predicting a different type of debate about gun control when lawmakers return to Washington next week.

As the debate about gun control reaches a fever pitch, the voices of humility, love and patience often get drowned.

American Outdoor Brands, the parent company of the Smith & Wesson gun brand, replied to BlackRock in a public letter earlier this month, saying that it respects the national debate about gun safety and shares «the nation's grief» over the Parkland killings and «the desire to make our communities safer.»

The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead has sparked another debate about gun culture in America and spurred new hopes that something will be done to prevent future incidents.

He said the move stemmed from the massacre last week that has refueled a national debate about gun control.

The announcement came on the same day two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia in an incident that is likely to stoke the debate about gun ownership in the United States.

The response to arming teachers as a way to combat school shootings sounds like any other debate about guns.

The latest mass school shooting — the killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 — has renewed an age - old American debate about guns.

The Parkland shooting has sparked another debate about guns — a debate mistakenly siloed from other issues that contribute to deadly violence.

Every way you turn right now there is angry debate about guns.

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Read more about the debate around mental illness and gun ownership.

But more recently, Kashuv's tweets about debating other Parkland survivors on gun control have made national news.

After staying largely mum in the last few days about the massacre and the escalating debate about weapons, Mr. Trump said Monday that he was supportive of a bipartisan effort to strengthen federal background checks for gun purchases.

The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has renewed the debate about high national rates of gun violence and what to do about it.

Kashuv said the gun debate has become so prominent since the Valentine's Day massacre that killed 17 that he «felt it was important to learn about the physical mechanics of it,» Kashuv said in a text to The Associated Press.

Trump on Saturday also attempted to blame the Parkland shooting on Democrats» inaction on gun control, likening it to the immigration debate and what to do about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)-- which the Senate tried and failed to write a bill on this week.

When we come back, we're going to get into the future of the gun violence debate and talk about those Russia indictments with the panel.

So here we are as a country, grieving again, and debating what to do about gun violence again, and with no agreed - upon solution again.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February has reignited the debate about how to keep children safe from a future attack, with President Trump and gun rights activists saying the best solution is to let teachers carry guns.

The killings in Florida have also revived the debate over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools — an idea DeVos, while careful not to outright endorse it, said in an interview last week with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt should «be part of the broader, more robust conversation about how can we avoid these things in the future.»

By making more people more passionate about gun control, the movement could help close a big gap in the current debate.

The familiar response played out as the shooting again cracked open fissures in American politics and culture about guns, a debate that seems ever more entrenched.

Its amazing how we argue against something deemed to help our citizens, yet if a gun control bill was up for debate people would be in arms (pun intended) about their right to own guns.

Kirsten: You also touch on something that I think is really important about the racial aspect of the gun debate.

A couple of weeks ago, law student and Democratic pundit Zerlina Maxwell went on Sean Hannity's Fox News show for a «debate» about gun control.

The OP has an intersting article about the meteors, but I still see no correlation between it and our current gun debate.

CNN: My Take: It's time for evangelicals to speak up about guns Pastor and author Daniel Darling urges evangelicals to participate in the debate over access to guns, and to acknowledge that there is «no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.»

It's a little silly that the poster picture for this article about gun control shows a plain ol' pistol, when the debate (currently) is about military - style assault weapons.

While there has already been gallons of ink devoted to the political debate regarding gun control (and there will likely be gallons more to come) the broader issue for believers is how exactly Christians should talk about the issue of gun control.

One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.

That's the message Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia expressed Sunday morning about the ongoing debate over how to prevent gun violence.

Tenney's comments came during a discussion about the gun control debate.

That led to a massive debate about how to improve school safety and whether to revamp the state's gun laws.

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Congressman Brian Higgins, when pressed about the gun control debate, suggested lawmakers need to hold formal hearings in order to come up with a smart, reasonable and genuine response to gun violence.

Both were asked about their latest thoughts about the gun violence debate, including whether new legislation banning more powerful firearms is in order.

Incumbent Democrat Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, left, and Republican candidate for governor Tom Foley look at one another during an exchange about gun laws during a debate Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Hartford, Conn..

Whether there are dangers to being listed as owning a gun when you don't, is up for debate, but anyone would feel strange about their house being noted on a map for information that doesn't even apply to them.

Our U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called the federal gun control amendments about to be debated by the Senate as a «thoughtful» compromise, a «sweet spot» for a bitterly divided Congress.

«I know of no ethics class that teaches about the illegality and the danger of gun - running,» Steinberg said during the Senate's debate over whether to suspend the members with pay.