Sentences with phrase «debates over gun»

No one who has been paying even passing attention to the debates over gun violence and school safety has any illusion that the solutions will be easy.

It's sadly familiar turf for district and school leaders, who faced the same concerns after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, stirring calls for beefed up school security and debates over gun laws.

And, in a year marked by stark political divisions, devastating natural disasters, and painful debates over gun control, it makes sense that we are drawn to the idea of nurturing our bodies and souls.

«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» the company said in a statement.

Their willingness to aggressively push that position highlights a sharp shift for a party that 10 years ago ducked debates over guns.

This week, you have likely seen Delta in coverage of the national debate over gun control and security in U.S. schools.

On the heels of Wednesday's tragic school shooting in Florida, the debate over gun control is starting up again.

There's no way the video game publisher Ubisoft could've known that its latest blockbuster game, «Far Cry 5,» would arrive at such a contentious moment in the ongoing US debate over guns.

The debate over these gun accessories first flared up after the shooter in Las Vegas, who fired into a crowd of concertgoers and killed 58, modified a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock.

«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» Delta's statement said.

The poll comes at a time when the number of deadly school shootings has reached 18 thus far into 2018, reawakening debate over gun control laws and school safety initiatives.

Following the shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida, the nation has been engulfed in a debate over gun control.

The lack of funding combined with the toxic environment that surrounds the debate over gun rights has made most public - health researchers wary of touching the topic.

In the wake of the heartbreaking mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the debate over gun control has reached a new high.

In a sign that tragedy often does not move the polarized debate over guns in society, Florida's House of Representatives voted Tuesday to kill a bill banning AR - 15 rifles, assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

In Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, where the debate over guns is old and fraught, protesting the shooting death of a student proved far more challenging than his classmates expected.

Despite their numbers, their steady presence in the news, their unmistakable influence on the national debate over guns, some of them were trying to be teenagers again.

Stock prices for gun manufacturers also tend to rise after mass shootings, likely because the debate over gun control heats up and rekindles fears from gun owners.

The walkout unfolded amid a reinvigorated national debate over gun control and school safety, spurred in part by student survivors of the Parkland shooting.

It is likely to revive a debate over gun control, though efforts to legislate restrictions on firearms following previous school shootings largely proved fruitless.

After 20 schoolchildren and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, the national debate over gun control has resumed with a fervor.

Two of the nation's leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods, took steps to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control.

The debate over gun control has moved forward in the Senate after a shooting at a Florida high school killed 17 people.

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.

State lawmakers returned Tuesday to Albany after a week - long break and a renewed national debate over gun control following a massacre at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.

The deaths were all but certain to re-ignite the national debate over gun regulations, coming just three months after the Parkland, Florida, attack that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was called out by name on Thursday by National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre as the national debate over gun control continues following the death of 17 people at a Florida high school.

«Last week's shooting revitalized the debate over gun policy,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«Americans are experiencing a heated debate over gun policy in the wake of the latest school shooting,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Hours before Tuesday's rally, Cuomo told reporters that the debate over gun control always stirs emotions.

The debate over guns in Westchester has also made its way into local conversations, particularly in the town / village of Harrison, the village of Rye Brook, and the town of Mamaroneck, the latter of which briefly attempted to ban carrying weapons on its public property — an initiative that was quickly dropped after vehement public backlash.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has renewed and heightened a national debate over gun control.

If none of those events were taking place, we'd likely see a lot more after - the - fact analysis on the Colorado recall results in the national landscape, given the implications for the broader debate over guns.

The legal debate over guns and the safety of New York's citizens continues at a fever pitch in the wake of the Herkimer horror, where four people were shot yesterday.

The bills, however, have become ensnared in the heated debate over gun control and face an uncertain fate in the GOP - controlled Senate.

The latest such incident at a U.S. school underscored a national debate over gun control and gun rights that has intensified after an assailant killed 17 students and staff on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Tenney said she supports taking a look at the federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not change the dynamics of the debate over gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.

During debate over the gun control legislation approved in the State senate and Assembly, the issue of mentally ill people using guns to kill others came up a number of times, particularly among legislators who are opposed to restricting access to assault weapons and other guns.

State lawmakers returned to Albany after a week - long break and a renewed national debate over gun control.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group he founded, after the national debate over gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif sent out a statement this afternoon responding to the renewed and revived debate over gun control, leaving the door open to some sort of compromise.

The shooting has re-ignited a nationwide debate over gun control and a push for stronger background checks of those who buy firearms.

The request comes amid a heightened debate over gun control following the killing of 17 people in a Florida high school shooting.

Washington (CNN)- A recall election in Colorado has shown that the national debate over guns is just as bitterly contested as ever.

The deadly shooting in Aurora, CO, has restarted the debate over gun control.

The shooting has reignited a national debate over gun control, with particular attention paid to «bump stocks» — devices used to modify semi-automatic rifles to mimic the speed of automatic weapons.

(WBEN) As the debate over guns in America continues to percolate across the country, Congressman Brian Higgins wants to see congressional hearings to try and craft a bill that perhaps Republicans and Democrats could both support.

Now his dispute with the school district has become part of a statewide debate over guns in schools that has exposed a rare split among firearm owners.

Along with turning up the heat in the national debate over gun laws, the horrific attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb. 14 has introduced the nation to a new generation of articulate, passionate teenagers.

The deaths were all but certain to re-ignite the national debate over gun regulations, coming just three months after the Parkland, Florida, attack that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.