Sentences with phrase «gun at people»

It just took too much time trying to aim the gun at people, especially if you wanted to shoot someone next to you.

Playing detective while wearing my father's over sized suit coat and pointing a banana gun at people can have that affect.

In her dissent, his colleague Judge Mary Beck Briscoe argued that the officer had been warned during his training not to aim the stun gun at a person's head or throat unless necessary.

An arrest does not automatically mean a gun owner loses their pistol permit in New York, which was highlighted when a police officer was arrested for second - degree harassment when he pointed his own gun at a person in a bar.

The question came up this week in the case of former Solvay police officer Curt Francemone who faces a second - degree harassment charge after a bar fight in which he pointed a gun at a person.

The first thing you learn in the gun safety class, or boy scouts, or from your dad, is don't point a gun at another person.

Would a reasonable person think that a person pointing a gun at another person constitutes an imminent threat?

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Since the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, in which 49 people died, the entire media ecosystem — from late - night comedians to TV anchors to newspapers — have been focused on America's gun violence epidemic.

«We just want to create a community where people feel at ease, where they do not feel threatened, and we just don't see guns fitting into that equation,» Ms. Herd said.

Citizens of the country have even developed a reputation for having their guns ready in the closet at a moment's notice, which has led some people to wonder if the Swiss are all required to own arms in order to protect their state.

In the video, a person emerges from a white van parked on a sidewalk waving an object and yelling at a police officer whose gun was drawn.

The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms industry to improve gun safety and sales policies after another deadly mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school in February that left 17 people dead.

«I felt it was our duty and very personally more of a call of duty than I ever felt in the service to come and stand in front of the guns and the mace and the water and the threat that they pose to these people,» said Anthony Murtha, 29, a Navy veteran from Detroit, at the Oceti Sakowin camp.

And in the U.S., at least, the»90s brought legislation allowing people to carry concealed weapons in most states, meaning that smaller guns became more in demand for both men and women.

It's the first time an executive at the nation's second - largest bank has publicly laid out how it will deal with gun - industry clients following Feb. 14 shootings at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

Authorities said a lone shooter who had carried a gun in his checked bag got off a plane at the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport Friday afternoon and shot 13 people, killing five of them, at a baggage claim area.

The announcement comes after it was revealed that the Las Vegas shooter used bump stocks on his guns when he killed at least 58 people and injured hundreds more on Sunday.

President Donald Trump says that if he had been at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed earlier this month, he would have run into the building to stop the shooter — even if he didn't have a gun.

NICS doesn't reflect the exact number of firearms sold in the U.S. — it doesn't account for people purchasing multiple guns at one time, gun sales that don't involve a federally licensed dealer, or buyers who don't pass background checks.

Santorum made his original remarks over the weekend while roughly two million people at hundreds of «March for Our Lives» events across the US rallied against gun violence in America.

The poll results suggest that people want more officers conducting background checks; they want the same standards applied to those who buy a gun from a person at a gun show or online or at a physical store; they want to remove the background check work - around of buying a gun through a trust or corporation; and they want the feds to do a better job of notifying local law enforcement when people in their communities who are prohibited from purchasing a gun attempt to buy one.

Whatever spurred the event, it is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history — and Paddock's victims join a growing number of people in the US that were intentionally killed at the end of a gun.

Democrats have revived the gun debate after 49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, the worst such incident in modern history.

Much has been made of the possibility of 3 - D printed guns, for example, and the fact that many people will soon have the ability to 3 - D print consumer products at home has intellectual property lawyers watching very carefully.

The Parkland, Florida shooting that killed 17 people at a high school has sparked a national debate on gun control.

If Japanese people want to own a gun, they must attend an all - day class, pass a written test, and achieve at least 95 % accuracy during a shooting - range test.

Several Republican politicians and government officials including President Donald Trump have suggested that mental illness was to blame for the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday that left 17 people dead — but researchers say evidence suggests there is no traceable link between mental illness and gun violence, and that a much more widespread issue is to blame.

The sporting - goods chain sold a gun to Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, though a different gun was used in the shooting.

High - profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube's headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead.

Those rates are relatively on - par with the rest of the world, yet Americans are ten times more likely to die at the barrel of a gun than people in other rich countries.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

After a teenager on Wednesday slaughtered at least 17 people in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the share prices of gun manufacturers went up.

As Congress returns from recess this week, the big question is whether the shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed at least 17 people, and injured more than a dozen others, will push Congress to actually do something on guns.

We don't want to take away your gun rights, we just want to prevent Americans from owning assault weapons and to tighten the methods at which a person can purchase a firearm.

The comments come after the Air Force admitted that it failed to submit records that may have blocked Devin Kelley, who shot and killed 26 people at a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Sunday, from buying guns.

Will Riley, a senior at Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, New Mexico, launched «Stand for the Second» in an effort to speak out on behalf of young people who support gun rights.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

Approximately 2,000 people rallied for gun rights Saturday at the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol.

The moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change, even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.

At a candlelight vigil Thursday night for the 17 people killed in a Florida school shooting, attendees chanted, «No more guns.»

«When people feared there would be increased gun regulation, they went out and bought more guns,» said Kevin Cassidy, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service, who covers the gun manufacturers.

Paddock had 12 bump stocks, Ken Dilanian reported for NBC News, among an arsenal of 23 guns at the hotel he shot people from and 19 at his house, at least some of which were AR - 15 — and AK - 47 — style weapons.

Andrew Pollack's daughter, Meadow, was one of the 17 people killed a week ago during a gun rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

On Tuesday night, at least 200 people came out to a high school to listen to Dr. Tipirneni, who spoke of her support for a public health insurance option, «common - sense» gun control, and robust funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

At least 1.2 million people marched for gun control over the weekend at events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy PressmaAt least 1.2 million people marched for gun control over the weekend at events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressmaat events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman.

The survey — conducted in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead — also finds that significantly more Americans believe mass shootings in the United States are due more to mental health issues than inadequate gun laws.

At one point, he even suggested that authorities should be able to «Take the guns first, follow due process second,» when disarming people considered to be a threat, such as those with mental health issues.

Police say 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR -15-style rifle to gun down 17 people at the high school.

«This would be obviously only for people who were very adept at handling a gun, and it would be, it's called concealed carry, where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them.

State lawmakers passed no restrictions on guns after the fatal shooting of 49 people at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in 2016 and the mass shooting that killed five at the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport in 2017.