Sentences with phrase «gun access»

The school safety / gun access bills that so quickly moved through committees at the beginning of the week now await being amended on the floor of either chamber.

A group of academics who study school violence recently released a list of suggestions that includes restricting gun access and increasing mental health services.

Gov. Rick Scott signed into law sweeping changes to school safety and gun access on Friday — a measure crafted in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

Most Americans are open to ways of limiting gun access to ill people and parents of ill people, but to begin stripping rights of all Americans, instead of addressing the root of the problem, is asinine at best.

In Republican - controlled legislatures, the number of laws proposed to loosen gun control increased by 75 percent, where in Democrat - controlled legislatures, the number of laws proposed to restrict gun access increased 10 percent, according to the Harvard Business School study.

At 1 p.m., Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson holds a meeting with local LGBT organizations to discuss what his office is doing to keep their community safe after Orlando and stop easy gun access, 350 Jay St., Brooklyn.

No good evidence exists that either limiting or loosening gun access would reduce mass shootings, Rocque says.

To a great extent, it appears that the problem with the most recent shooting had little to do with gun access and a great deal to do with folks not taking the threat seriously enough.

Democrats tried to attach a series of gun control amendments to a sweeping bill on school safety, mental health and gun access meant to address the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

After a blizzard of Democratic amendments, all of which failed, the Florida House pushed forward a major school safety and gun access bill crafted following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Gov. Rick Scott signed into law sweeping changes to school safety and gun access on Friday — a measure crafted in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

Cuomo plans to attend a screening tonight of «Newtown,» a documentary produced by his sister, Maria Cuomo Cole, that explores the aftermath of the 2012 Connecticut massacre and touches on the salient issue of gun access in the U.S.

«Converting a semi-automatic to fully automatic is very, very easy,» John Sullivan, lead engineer for the gun access group Defense Distributed, told Wired.

Some cautioned, however, that the places a gun control debate would not help Democratic Senate chances are places like Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Arizona — heavily Republican states where voters oppose measures to gun access or anything to do with Obama, for that matter.

A signing and a suing: Surrounded by families of victims and the state lawmakers who pushed hardest for a response to the Stoneman Douglas shooting, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a school safety and gun access bill.

But like many African - Americans in the Florida Legislature, Jones voted against the gun access / school safety bill passed in the last legislative session.

Greetings from Day 53 of the 60 - day legislative session in Tallahassee, where the gun access / school safety bills in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting were supposed to be heard, at the very least on the Senate floor, if not the House.

Also, not so fast: The Associated Press's Lisa Mascaro and Matthew Daly report that President Donald Trump is all set to buck the NRA on some gun access issues, but congressional Republicans are a bit more queasy on the point.

In the meantime, the Florida House passed the school safety / gun access bill yesterday, sending it to Gov. Rick Scott for a likely signature.

Meanwhile, one little - mentioned provision of the major school safety / gun access bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott provided funding for the demolition of Stoneman Douglas High's Building 12, where the shooting took place, as well as construction of a new building and a memorial.

Teachers could take up arms under wide - ranging measures dealing with mental health, school safety and gun access that are headed to the floor of the Florida House and Senate after passing through final committee hearings Tuesday.

Was National Walkout Day pointed criticism of the status quo on school safety and gun access, or was it a pointless gesture that won't affect the overall debate?