Sentences with phrase «federal assault»

Remington said if the 1994 federal assault weapons ban were re-enacted it would have an adverse effect on the business.

The first Federal Assault Weapons Ban was enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004.

«In the face of the concerted federal assault from Washington, it is more important than ever that we have strong, progressive leaders in office fighting for our shared values like Shelley Mayer,» Cuomo said.

«You can't make a distribution if you don't know how much money you have to distribute,» Cuomo said Tuesday at his own press conference — where he focused mainly on ripping Washington for what he called «federal assaults on the state of New York.»

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But Bratton argued Thursday that gun violence has been on the decline in the Big Apple for decades thanks to stricter gun control and also praised a 1994 federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

Like the Brady Act, the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban didn't seem to do much to prevent violence, criminologist Christopher Koper and colleagues concluded in a 2004 report to the U.S. Department of Justice.

«Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed.

He told me he's done the research on different gun control proposals, and opposes nearly all of them, telling me that ideas lifted up by his Parkland classmates (like lowering magazine capacity or reinstating the federal assault weapons ban) are «likely unconstitutional and likely statistically devoid of benefit.»

The Federal Assault Weapon Ban Wikipedia page notes that it banned cosmetic features that make a gun look like a fully automatic rifle, that it only banned 10 such weapons, and those weapons manufactures quickly found ways around the law.

«We're going to look at the state tax code both in substance and in form,» Cuomo said last month, «and look for ways to both redesign our state code in response to this federal assault, and we're in the process of that now.»

«We are reviewing the federal changes and we will propose legislation to address the impacts arising from our coupled tax system and offer new protections from this federal assault.

«We're going to look at the state tax code both in substance and in form,» Cuomo said, «and look for ways to both redesign our state code in response to this federal assault, and we're in the process of that now.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he calls part of a «federal assault» on New York.

Republican George Ryan carried a generally conservative image into his gubernatorial bid that year but still proved more moderate than Glenn Poshard, who had alienated a chunk of the Democratic base by opposing gay and abortion rights and backing repeal of the federal assault weapon ban.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he calls part of a «federal assault» on New York.

Cuomo said he will propose legislation «to address the impacts arising from our coupled tax system and offer new protections from this federal assault.»

For the past year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been on a warpath, leading a crusade against what he views as a «federal assault» on health care, the environment and social justice issues.

Cuomo says he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he deemed a «federal assault» on New York, saying all hospitals will «need to find savings» and work with state and local governments to make ends meet due to the reductions.

The governor also said he will look at the tax code in «substance and form, and look for ways to redesign the state code in response to this federal assault.»

We could then engage in a lengthy review of cases finding that «objects that have perfectly peaceful purposes may be turned into dangerous weapons and that such use may be punished under the federal assault statute.»