Sentences with phrase «gun bill»

«I'd like to the see the national Democrats put a real gun bill on the table,» Cuomo said on a conference call with reporters.

Seasoned activists have marveled at what the students accomplished so far, including a sweeping gun bill in Florida and school walkouts attended by over a million students last week, according to organizers Women's March.

Both the House and Senate versions of the new gun bill call for the age requirement to purchase a gun in Florida be raised to 21.

Ellijay, Georgia — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a wide - ranging gun bill into law Wednesday that has critics howling and proponents applauding.

(CNN)- The Florida gun bill spurred by the Parkland school massacre is just one signature away from becoming law.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida House committee voted down a request Tuesday to put an assault rifle ban in whatever the new gun bill comes out to be.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - An amendment to a Florida gun bill that would have banned weapons like the one used in the Parkland school shooting has failed.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal plans to sign a sweeping gun bill that would allow licensed gun owners to carry their firearms into a nearly unprecedented amount of public places, including bars, government buildings and a vast amount of public places.

A number of gun bills appear to be dead for the 2018 legislative session, after failing to pass their first Florida Senate committee Tuesday.

Also at 1 p.m., New Yorkers Against Gun Violence announces its 2016 rankings for members of the state Legislature based on their votes on gun bills since January 2013, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.

He voted against the 2013 gun bill because, he said, it didn't do enough to address handgun violence in cities — opposing the good because it wasn't perfect.

Bloomberg also took a swipe at Cuomo this week for criticizing the Senate's gun bill compromise, noting the governor's gun legislation failed to include microstamping.

(CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid formally introduced a much - anticipated gun bill Thursday, his office announced.

It might seem as though the Florida Legislature keeps voting on the same gun bill.

But the delay prompted speculation — including from some legislators — that the budget deal was not reached in order to ensure that legislators would vote for a contentious gun bill drawn up in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

-- Florida Senate postpones gun bills: State senators postponed Wednesday a vote on a bill that would allow private schools connected to churches to allow guns on campus.

Some parents told Local 10 News that they wanted some assurance that Florida would even have a new gun bill.

Andrew Pollack and Ryan Petty, fathers of victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, urge lawmakers to vote yes on a gun bill as the House debates the bill.

The Florida House and Senate have both passed a gun bill in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day.

I want to ban assault weapons, I want to limit high - capacity magazines, we couldn't do a gun bill unless we enhance criminal penalties.»

I've sponsored 7 gun bills, let's ask Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator Mitch McConnell why they are holding up these & other common sense solutions.

I've sponsored 7 gun bills, let's ask @SpeakerRyan and @SenateMajLdr why they are holding up solutions to this epidemic.

The gun bill is OK.

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.

Skelos was asked if the Republicans had sole control of the Senate, would they have put the gun bills on the floor for a vote.

While several budget and economic development ads are already being run, a Cuomo aide insisted no decision has been made on using funds to counter the vocal opposition to the gun bill, though a private coalition is taking shape to support the measure.

They'll never put a gun bill on the floor.»

Sharkey said that Fairfield County voters were more inclined to support the gun bill than those in some other areas of the state.

«My popularity came down 20 points when I passed the gun bill — the safest, smartest gun law in the country,» he said.

As members of Congress debated Monday evening on four gun bills - none of which were expected to pass - a Western New York lawmaker suggested there is common ground Democrats and Republicans may find, if they're willing to identify and act against the «real enemy.»

«Just like the [Surgeon General's] warning that you see on the side of cigarette packs have changed the perception of smoking, these gun warnings are the first step to changing the public's conversation,» said Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, a co-sponsor of the gun bill.

Senator Skelos was asked if the Republicans had sole control of the Senate, would they have put the gun bills on the floor for a vote.

«If I drop dead and they put me in a box tonight, that marriage - equality bill and that gun bill, those will have such a profound impact for generations!»

«That gun bill will save lives!

He said he believes that the congressman's gun bill is unconstitutional because, like the Collins - Faso Amendment, it is designed only for one state.

A day after 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Republican Sen. Greg Steube scheduled a hearing for a gun bill he is co-sponsoring that would allow school officials to designate certain people to carry concealed weapons on campus.

A Florida lawmaker is trying to revive a gun bill that has already failed to pass twice during the 2018 legislative session.

A gun bill that's had some problems in the Florida Senate this legislative session has passed its first House committee.

In Florida, after Parkland students rallied at the state Capitol, Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a gun bill called the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.

The idea of providing special gun privileges not enjoyed by the general public is what many Second Amendment activists describe as a «cops - only» gun bill.

Meanwhile, both Republican leaders in the negotiations on the gun bill — House Minority Leader Larry Cafero and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney — are in delicate positions politically.

As legislative leaders wrapped up the 2018 session, the budget came in late, and according to the analysis it was «increasingly clear that the budget [was] used to whip members on the gun bill.»

Legislative Democrats are saying privately that if they don't pass a gun bill at least as strong as any other state's they will be criticized for letting citizens down in the state that was the scene of the massacre.

The Florida House and Senate have both passed a gun bill in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day.

Andrew Pollack and Ryan Petty, fathers of victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, urge lawmakers to vote yes on a gun bill as the House debates the bill.

Spectators filled the room as a Florida Senate committee took up the gun bill Monday.

The rain didn't keep away a crowd of just over a 100 people in Weston showing their support for Parkland a day after Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a gun bill into law in response to the tragedy.

On Thursday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott received Senate Bill 7026 — the gun bill spurred by the Parkland school massacre.

Back up here in Tallahassee, it's not as though it's all budgets and gun bills, as the Senate has sent a bill calling for year - round Daylight Saving Time to Gov. Rick Scott.