Sentences with phrase «debate on an assault»

«Should there be a debate on assault weapons?

They stopped in at the office of state Rep. Robert «Bobby O» Olszewski, an Orlando - area Republican who had voted against a debate on an assault - weapons ban the day earlier, helping to kill the bill.

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A version of this article appears in print on June 24, 2013, on Page A12 of the New York edition with the headline: In Debate Over Military Sexual Assault, Men Are Overlooked Victims.

Democrats offered a slew of amendments over eight hours of debate on the bill, including a permanent ban on assault weapons and the elimination of the armed - teacher program.

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.

On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNOn Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNon assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNon gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

House Republicans on Tuesday decisively blocked a move by Democrats to debate a ban on assault weapons in Florida, six days after a massacre that took 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The madcap meeting with Trump on guns, which was meant to add clarity and more urgency to the debate, instead saw the president undermining the importance of «due process,» calling for «comprehensive» gun control, and even humoring the idea of an assault weapons ban — all somewhat unexpected positions for a GOP president to hold.

Alternative media like art, or TV shows, or comedy, have long been vehicles to examine society and religion and all sorts of things in a more effective way that head - on debate can provide — look at Stephen Colbert for one example — any, any restraint on those media is a direct assault on freedom itself.

The debate over resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States was made more complex and distressing by the mass sexual assault of German women by what appears to have been North African and Middle Eastern asylum seekers in Cologne, Germany on New Years Eve.

Given the debate over the federal deficit, government spending on social services, such as Medicare and Social Security is under increased scrutiny, with many Republicans mounting an all - out assault.

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.

These threats were an aggressive assault on freedom of speech and the fact that they led to the cancellation of our talk was severely disappointing for all of the religious and non religious students in the room who wanted to engage in debate.»

From their assaults on thoughtful people, from President Obama to Andrew Cuomo to the average hard working person in our communities, the Buckadelics, the Glenn Becks and Rush Limbaughs think they can win the debate by shouting us down.

On tap for discussion: The safety of police officers in the current climate, the impact of community policing (a topic that has been hotly debated in the wake of the Garner case), police training and equipment in light of statistics on assaults on cops, the grand jury process, death and pension benefits for the families of fallen officers and morOn tap for discussion: The safety of police officers in the current climate, the impact of community policing (a topic that has been hotly debated in the wake of the Garner case), police training and equipment in light of statistics on assaults on cops, the grand jury process, death and pension benefits for the families of fallen officers and moron assaults on cops, the grand jury process, death and pension benefits for the families of fallen officers and moron cops, the grand jury process, death and pension benefits for the families of fallen officers and more.

A 55 - year - old man was charged in connection with an alleged assault on a woman following a «heated debate» between «Yes» and «No» supporters in Glasgow on Saturday.

Hours after a rally in support of three University at Albany students who said they were assaulted on a Capital District Transportation Authority bus, a video posted on Instagram incited intense debate as to whether the altercation was racially motivated.

Addressing the TUC Congress during the debate on Pensions, Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said this: «No one can be in any doubt that ordinary working people and families are under a sustained assault as a result of the ideologically - driven programme of the coalition government and their failed economic policy.

While acknowledging that he faces an uphill struggle, Hawkins listed a number of things that will impact on his viability: one, that he be included in a series of debates (a critical factor for Ventura); second, that the public employee unions whose members have been under assault by Cuomo provide him with support; and third, that the media give him equal coverage and status in the narrative of the campaign.

lit the match during Saturday's Democratic presidential debate, which was overshadowed by the previous night's assault on the French capital by Islamic State Group operatives.

In addition to the funding cuts, «[t] he 2 - day debate on the... bill also gave Representative Ted Poe (R — TX) an opportunity to win support for his long - running assault on the American Community Survey (ACS), a monthly questionnaire that goes out to 3.5 million people and supplements the decennial census.»

Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate by Juan Williams Crown Publishers Hardcover, $ 24.00 304 pages ISBN: 978 -0-307-95201-1 Book Review by Kam Williams «Is it possible to talk about Muslims and terrorism without being called a bigot?

The debate follows recent revelations that the number of suspensions for assaults on school staff trebled between 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Topics debated included «The Assault on Human Exceptionalism»; «Agenda 21 and the UN Mandate for Social Revolution»; and «Transhumanism, Deep Ecology and Ecocide: How Are Shifting Social Attitudes Re-shaping Our Appreciation of Human Uniqueness?»

ALEC will be debating bills related to sexual assault on college campuses, campus protest, taxpayer vouchers for private schools and well - off families, the rollback of popular renewable energy programs, the dismantling the Affordable Care Act and more.

«It is therefore not surprising that state legislatures are stepping in to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not spent in a manner that turns an important and ongoing scientific debate into a propaganda assault on impressionable students,» Taylor said.

I find this ironic given that you are presumably on the same side of the argument as Dan Kahan who is quoted as saying [T] here's good reason to believe that the self - righteous and contemptuous tone with which the «scientific consensus» point is typically advanced («assault on reason,» «the debate is over» etc.) deepens polarization.

Amid a heated national debate on sexual assault, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow PhD student, saying the trial judge relied on «rape literature» and his own opinions on sexual assault in his judgment.

Earlier this week, McGhee failed to get a debate going on a bill that would have banned assault weapons in the state.