Sentences with phrase «for bans on assault rifles»

Democratic Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith pushed for bans on assault rifles and large capacity detachable magazines after the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando.

The students are traveling to Tallahassee, the state capital, to call for a ban on assault rifles.

Ian Kravitz hugs his daughter Madyson, 16, as she and other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School board buses on February 20 to travel to Tallahassee to call for a ban on assault rifles.

Despite the presence of the Douglas High students in attendance, the Florida House voted on 20 February 2018 not to consider a bill calling for a ban on assault rifles and high - capacity magazines for firearms.

Meanwhile, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, now a Democratic candidate for governor, led a rally of more than 1,000 people on the Capitol steps in Tallahassee, calling for a ban on assault rifles and criticizing the National Rifle Assn. for advocating the arming of teachers.

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The groundwork for the ban on sales of assault rifles by Dick's Sporting Goods started with a private conversation in January.

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

The SAFE Act made more rifles subject to a state ban on assault weapons, increased sentences for illegal gun possession and required mental health officials to report safety concerns about any patients with access to guns.

Cuomo put forward a list of proposed laws that include: implementing a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines, a single license standard across the state for background checks, closing the loophole on private sales, and an increased onus on mental health professionals to report at - risk individuals.

They're calling for stricter gun laws, including bans on assault rifles and high - capacity magazines and an end to background check loopholes.

Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference at the Capitol about a bill to broaden the state's definition of banned assault weapons, increase penalties for those convicted of gun crimes and create a statewide registry of assault rifles on Monday Jan. 14, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

At a forum last night sponsored by the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee (OPDEC), the four candidates who qualified for the House 93 legislative seat about to be vacated by incoming City Council member Helena Moreno announced their support for a ban on AR - style assault rifles like the ones used to kill 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida last week.

Most petitions address more serious concerns, like calling for a civilian ban on the AR - 15 assault rifle in light of mass shootings.

Survivors of the Parkland shooting quickly became the faces of a national conversation on gun control, and are lobbying lawmakers for more restrictive gun laws — including a ban on assault - style rifles and higher - capacity magazines.

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters polled in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre want stricter gun laws, including universal background checks for gun buyers, a higher minimum age for gun purchasers, and an outright ban on assault - style rifles.

The council also removed specific demands that called for «banning military - grade assault rifles; requiring background checks on all gun purchases; banning the sale of accessories and add - ons such as bump stocks that circumvent the ban on automatic firearms; and prohibiting the sale of firearms to individuals on a terrorist watch list.»

Gun - control advocates, meanwhile, have redoubled calls for bans or further restrictions on assault rifles.

After the Parkland school shooting, President Trump vowed to defy the NRA and push for a comprehensive gun control bill that would raise the age limit to purchase rifles, impose near universal background checks and renew a ban on assault - style rifles.

Slated for discussion are local bans on assault - style rifles and high - capacity ammunition magazines, both carried by the Douglas High shooter, as well as bump stocks, the accessories used by the gunman in last year's Las Vegas massacre to make his semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.