Sentences with phrase «federal gun laws need»

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Kaminsky said the law is needed as a safeguard for school districts if current laws are changed, such as the president's promise to eliminate federal gun - free zones.

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.

«We support this and other legislation that will further strengthen the strongest gun safety laws in the country, but as the governor said, to most effectively curb gun violence we need federal action and the lack of federal action on this is alarming,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.

Bratton added that the issue of sealed arrest records — as well as lax federal gun laws — need to be reexamined when dealing with early - release and diversion programs.

January 30, 2013 • The National Riffle Association's top lobbyist told senators that federal authorities need to enforce existing gun laws, not punish the «little people» with new regulations.