Sentences with phrase «gun advocacy groups»

Cuomo said it was a very tough vote for politicians - because powerful gun advocacy groups opposed it.

The National Rifle Association has released a series of reimagined Brothers Grimm fairytales in which the gun advocacy group tones down the stories» violence with the help of firearms.

Several corporations, ranging from Delta to Hertz to MetLife, have said they will end discount agreements with the NRA or otherwise sever ties with the nation's largest gun advocacy group.

The NRA sued Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state's financial regulator for engaging in what it said was a «blacklisting campaign» aimed at swaying banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun advocacy group, according to a complaint.

(Reuters)- The National Rifle Association on Friday sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state's financial regulator for engaging in what it said was a «blacklisting campaign» aimed at swaying banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun advocacy group, according to a complaint.

Saturday's rally was spearheaded by local Tea Party activist Rus Thompson and the Shooters Committee On Political Education, a gun advocacy group.

Kalb took to Twitter, where she has 172,000 followers, and called out GOP lawmakers by tweeting what she said were the amounts in contributions they had received from the National Rifle Association, a nonprofit gun advocacy group.

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A day after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, gun control advocacy groups occupied the Massachusetts State House, demanding action on a bill that would prevent individuals who pose extreme risks to themselves or others from possessing a firearm.

It all comes down to how Everytown, an advocacy group that supports stricter gun laws, defines school shootings.

The group hailed the new mental health support as a legislative «victory» - one of the few they have seen in four years of ceaseless advocacy to tighten America's gun laws.

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

They were part of a group of 200 people from Stoneman Douglas, in Parkland, Fla., who were sponsored by Giffords, the gun control advocacy group, to come to the Washington march.

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

«It's too early to read the tea leaves in DC, but we know the public wants action,» John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, said.

Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

But, but, but: The Post's in - house pollster, Scott Clement, flags a 2013 Pew Research Study, which found that people who prioritize gun rights over gun control are four or five times more likely to contribute money to advocacy groups, contact public officials, sign petitions and express their views on social media.

Following the August on - air shooting death of Roanoke television journalist Alison Parker and her cameraman, Adam Ward, a national gun control advocacy group sought to spend $ 700,000 in advertising in the open District 10 race in October.

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is a statewide advocacy group working to reduce gun violence through advocacy and education.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a prominent liberal advocacy group that last week criticized Baucus over his vote on the gun bill, helped launch a «Draft Schweitzer» campaign on Tuesday.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has engaged both Nicole Hockley and Mark Barden, the co-founders of Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control advocacy group, in discussions about the race.

Liuni noted that the gun rights groups included many police officers, veterans and responsible, law abiding gun owners who sought to make society safer through gun safety education and advocacy.

Despite calls for stricter nationwide gun control laws, pro-gun advocacy groups are making strides.

The bill will also make some non-profits identify large donors, a move the New York Civil Liberties Union worries will discourage people from donating to groups involved in controversial advocacy, such as Planned Parenthood or gun rights groups.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group he founded, after the national debate over gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.

Democratic congressional candidate Anna Throne - Holst continued to attack Rep. Lee Zeldin for his gun control record as the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence formally endorsed her at a news conference in Medford, Long Island.

The letter comes as gun control advocacy groups and some Republican lawmakers who voted no blast the law, which tightens the state's assault weapons ban, limits the number of rounds in a high capacity magazine and tightens criminal penalties for illegal weapons.

A number of upstate lawmakers, along with gun rights advocacy groups, were pulling for DeFrancisco, who voted against a strict gun control measure known as the SAFE Act, which is largely unpopular upstate.

Democratic congressional candidate Anna Throne - Holst continued to attack Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) for his gun control record as the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence formally endorsed her at a news conference in Medford on Tuesday.

Schroeder recognized this is a re-election year for Cuomo and told WBFO gun rights advocacy groups like SCOPE are already mobilizing with voter registration campaigns and, later this fall, will work phone banks to spread their message an encourage more favorable voter turnout.

The reaction of the climate tribes to the political assault has been to circle the wagons and point the guns outward in an attempt to discredit misinformation from politicized advocacy groups.

The Hollywood Reporter says industry insiders have told them gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety have made badges for stars to wear to the event to show their support for calls to change gun laws.

He is chairman of the National Governing Board for Common Cause, and has served on boards of several advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and reproductive rights.

Some of these efforts partially succeeded but the recent climategate emails revealed the scope, tenuousness and mendacity of these strategies and the revelations as to the role of environmental advocacy groups in the IPCC has left them without real alternatives except to find the PR equivalent of a «smoking gun».

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun - control - advocacy group, analyzed FBI data on mass shootings from 2009 to 2016 and found that in 54 percent of cases, the victims included the shooter's current or former spouse or intimate partner, or another family member — and 16 percent of attackers between 2009 and 2015 had previously been charged with domestic violence.

A Deerfield resident and two gun owners advocacy groups filed suit Thursday against the village of Deerfield, saying the municipality does not have the authority to ban assault weapons under a 2013 state law.

The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.

Kinsell - Meier, who lives in Highland, said she's «liked» the gun - safety advocacy group's Facebook page for years, but after the Feb. 14 school...

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.

They have also partnered with well - funded liberal groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control advocacy group founded by former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg.