Sentences with phrase «for gun violence»

In the past two years the community has shown the power of unity and demonstrating a strong sense of intolerance for gun violence.

Since the murder of her family members, Jeanne Bishop has been an advocate for gun violence prevention.

Even the NRA tried to foist the blame for gun violence on video games in 2012.

Since the murder of her family members, Jeanne Bishop has been an advocate for gun violence prevention, forgiveness and abolition of the death penalty.

Kevin McCoy / Wikimedia Commons CC BY - SA 2.0 Removal of a decades - old restriction that has largely halted federal funding for gun violence research by the U.S. Centers...

The White House summit was an attempt to lay the blame for gun violence on the gaming industry rather than on lax regulations that allow access to assault rifles, said Lewis Ward, research director of gaming and VR / AR at IDC.

In this Twitter thread, the IGDA (Independent Game Developers Association) pushed back against this unfounded causal relationship, vowing that videogames won't become scapegoats for gun violence.

Gangster Squad undoubtedly comes at a rough time for gun violence in the media, and when I saw it the day of the Newtown shootings, I expected to find its violence tasteless and unnecessary at the time.

Litigation partner Jeh Johnson will deliver the keynote address at a forum on the movement for gun violence prevention in America.

Illinois, for example, has had no cases of toddler shootings since January of last year, even though Chicago is infamous for its gun violence.

We stand with the victims in Florida and young people everywhere, at risk for gun violence.

Also: Emma Gonzalez, the Stoneman Douglas student whose impassioned plea for gun violence prevention went viral, now has more Twitter followers than the NRA, as People reports.

or blame atheists for the gun violence... Both are cheap shots, — fear to bilk money from those he can.

At 2:30 p.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, state Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan, NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso rally for gun violence awareness, Bushwick Houses Community Center, 50 Humboldt St., Brooklyn.

Several other attendees confirmed to POLITICO that Clinton seemingly opened a more direct line of attack on Sanders, though she stopped just short of holding the former Burlington mayor responsible for gun violence here.

Such work might include, for example, studies to understand the causes of and potential preventive strategies for gun violence, including scrutiny of any association between video games, media images, and violence, as well as the collection of more comprehensive data on firearm - related deaths.

Instead of trying to be a sophisticated social commentary on crime, economic classes, and America's lust for gun violence, it just comes off as a cheap tale of White vs Blacks.

This week we discuss Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC, Trump blaming videogames for gun violence, and a new Overwatch Hero!

In a genre rotten with over the top smack talk and oft decried for gun violence, Nintendo seemingly managed to keep up their guise...

EA boss John Riccitiello has said the video games industry must confront the ongoing «perception of a problem» that sees gaming frequently linked to gun violence.Instances of video games being blamed for gun violence practically date back to the medium ’s

But in the last 15 years its reputation darkened and became notorious for gun violence, drug dealers and prostitution, particularly at night.

Another should be NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre who, after having made sure that no one can sue the gun industry for gun violence, says he will «fight» any new gun laws «in court.»

At the Raleigh rally, teenagers, a high school teacher and two Democratic state legislators spoke out to find solutions for gun violence.

After the Parkland School shooting in Florida, Trump's White House has doubled down on the tired scapegoat for gun violence: videogames.

At 11 a.m., Rep. Nita Lowey and advocates for gun violence prevention and women's justice hold a roundtable as part of the National Day of Action to Prevent Gun Violence, Rep. Lowey's office, 222 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 312, White Plains.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization of 66,000 pediatricians, has repeatedly advocated for stricter gun laws, violence prevention programs, research for gun violence prevention and public health surveillance, physician counseling to patients on the health hazards of firearms and mental health access to address exposure to violence.