Sentences with phrase «enacted federal gun laws»

Enforcement of newly enacted federal gun laws became the responsibility of the ATU in 1941, with tobacco laws being added during the 1950s.

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But the law, enacted in 2005, includes exceptions for sale and marketing practices that violate state or federal laws and instances of so - called negligent entrustment, in which a gun is carelessly given or sold to a person posing a high risk of misusing it.

While there's been no movement at the federal level, several states have enacted tougher gun laws.

The Democratic mayor blamed the need for these drills on the Republican - controlled Congress's failure to enact stiffer federal gun control laws and the National Rifle Association's opposition to them.

Collins's proposed law — the Second Amendment Guarantee Act, or SAGA — would overturn current state and local gun laws that are more stringent than federal regulations, while blocking states and localities from enacting any such laws in the future.

ALBANY — In the wake of a mass shooting at an Oregon community college, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a national stink about stronger gun laws, repeating a suggestion on CNN Friday evening that his fellow Democrats threaten to shut down the federal government unless tougher laws are enacted.

In 1994, Congress passed the Gun - Free Schools Act, which requires that each state receiving federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act must enact a state law that requires all school districts to expel from school for least one year any student found bringing a gun to school.

Constitutional law: The federal government enacted legislation requiring the destruction of all long - gun registry records collected by the provinces.