Sentences with phrase «first gun control measure»
The law is the first gun control measure passed in the U.S. since the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and it gives New York state the toughest gun control law in the nation.
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It's also the first gun control measure to be approved in Albany since the SAFE Act in 2013, a package of gun control provisions pushed through the Legislature in the wake of an elementary school shooting in December the prior month.
The Legislature approved its first gun control measure since 2013, a bill that is meant to close loopholes and take guns away from those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to take it slow on a legislative response to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases contrasts with his speedy effort a year ago to pass the nation's first gun control measure after the Newtown tragedy.
Not exact matches
Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!
TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in two decades, the Republican - controlled Legislature passed Wednesday night major gun - control measures while also agreeing to arm some teachers and other school staff.
But Mr. Trump's first embrace as president of any gun control measures was dismissed by gun control supporters as minor.
Now he's pushing state lawmakers in Albany to take up the first major gun control measure since the SAFE Act passed in 2013.
Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.
The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Before joining the de Blasio administration, Confer served as the first field director for Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit established in 2014 to champion gun control measures.
All this, piled on top of the gun control and same - sex marriage measures he passed in his first four years in office, made it seem few could accuse Cuomo of being a closet Republican again.
Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being criticized by a good - government group and rank - and - file lawmakers for rushing his gun control law through secret meetings to make New York the first state to enact a measure since the Newtown, Conn., tragedy.
The gun control measures a tearful President Barack Obama announced Tuesday would not have prevented the slaughters of 20 first - graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, or 14 county workers at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California.
Cuomo rapidly checked the first item on his list, as the gun control measure was approved on the very first full day of the legislative session.
In response, legislators passed gun - control measures for the first time in 20 years.
Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!
Guess they don't have a Marion Hammer in Oregon: The Associated Press's Andrew Selsky reports that Oregon appears to be the first state to pass a gun control measure since the Stoneman Douglas shooting.