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.
Not exact matches
Since many of these
guns were already in circulation, the
bill included a mandatory buyback program, which included large - scale
gun confiscation.
In just one month
since the Parkland shooting, the
gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending
bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's
gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for
gun purchases.
Republicans rammed a
bill through the House on Wednesday that would make it easier for
gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first significant action on
guns in Congress
since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed...
The Legislature approved its first
gun control measure
since 2013, a
bill that is meant to close loopholes and take
guns away from those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Congress has not considered another
gun control
bill since.
Officer Peter Liang, who had been working in the field
since graduating the police academy in January, had his flashlight and
gun out when the weapon «accidentally discharged,» hitting Akai Gurley who was «a total innocent,» NYPD Commissioner
Bill Bratton said.
Fahy could not think of a
gun - related
bill that has passed both houses of the Legislature and has been signed into law
since the SAFE Act, nor could others.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Weeks after their children were
gunned down in the worst high school shooting
since Columbine, parents of the victims stood in the Florida Capitol and watched Gov. Rick Scott sign a far - reaching
bill that places new restrictions on
guns.
A
bill prohibiting domestic abusers and people under restraining orders from owning firearms became America's first new
gun control law
since the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre.