Sentences with phrase «gun control bill»

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Democrats announced they would pass a package of gun control bills on Tuesday at the State Capitol in Albany.
Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Gun stores across the state of Florida expected to see declines in sales after the signing of the new gun control bill in reaction to the school shooting in Parkland.
Gianaris says he'll be talking to the governor's aides in the coming days about the new gun control bills that he is writing.
Democrats in the New York state Senate say they will push harder for gun control bills in the wake of the Florida shooting that left 17 dead and are even considering proposing the measures as hostile amendments.
The TV ad, titled «He Acted,» highlights Cuomo's success in passing the tough gun control bill known as the SAFE Act in 2013, just weeks after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn..
Democrats in the Senate for a second time proposed gun control bills, including banning teachers form carrying firearms at school, but the amendments were voted down, mostly along party lines.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act gun control bill had allowed gun owners to opt out from having their names being made public.
Astorino, who is the favored standard - bearer of state G.O.P. leaders, cited several attack points that play well here, related to Cuomo's indecision about natural gas hydrofracking, Cuomo's tough gun control bill, and, even as the governor retreats from it, «Cuomo's Common Core.»
A Florida lawmaker is hoping the state legislature will take up a refiled gun control bill during this week's special session.
Cuomo effectively banned hydrofracking in New York in 2014, rammed through a strict gun control bill within a month of the Sandy Hook massacre, and last year pushed for a system of paid family leave and a $ 15 - per - hour statewide minimum wage.
Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi announced on Monday he had signed on to a legislative package that would alter and scale back some provisions of the SAFE Act, a omnibus gun control bill approved in 2013.
This was Google's featured answer for a query about a California gun control bill in October 2016.
They said they would consider other gun control bills before the session ends in March, but none of those measures is expected to go as far as banning assault rifles.
Where does he stand on the stupid gun control bill his boss jammed through to harass upstaters, the tax cuts that will benefit 95 % of his district, immigration, Washington corruption.
Minutes after Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a historic gun control bill Friday, the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit alleging that the new law violates the Second Amendment because it raises the sales age for guns from 18 to 21.
The Democrat - controlled state Assembly passed five gun control bills yesterday with little debate, including one that would allow judges to remove weapons from mentally - ill people following a request from a relative or law enforcement.
Dold, left, attended a news conference introducing a bipartisan gun control bill.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a radio interview Thursday continued to press the case for gun control on the national level and for congressional Democrats to call the question with a strong gun control bill.
All of this is separate from issues about what is moral, and what is right, but New York, California, and other places with stringent gun laws are frequently and repeatedly sued over them, California is currently a hotbed of lawsuits over the raft of gun control bills Jerry Brown signed recently.
Interestingly enough, because in the US you have the right to appeal to a higher court if you don't like the decision of a lower court, many times states will find very popular gun control bills struck down by a Federal court who tells them that in the pure legal sense, their gun control laws are unconstitutional.
The House passed one of the legislative session's biggest gun control bills late Tuesday night — a measure banning «bump stocks,» the devices that allowed a shooter to fire faster and kill nearly 60 people last year at a concert outside a Las Vegas hotel.
The SAFE Act, or Safe Ammunitions and Firearms Enforcement Act, is the controversial gun control bill Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law nearly two years ago.
Malloy also took issue with Christie's decision not to meet with the families of some Newtown shooting victims about a New Jersey gun control bill.
He rammed through a stringent gun control bill, and every Republican in the State Senate voted for the minimum wage hike bill.
Hochul has said she supports Cuomo's signature gun control bill, the SAFE Act, but she did not exactly disavow her own signature issue — opposing drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants — in an interview on NY1 last month.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to reveal his anticipated gun control bill, but the effort is getting significant support.
After the Parkland school shooting, President Trump vowed to defy the NRA and push for a comprehensive gun control bill that would raise the age limit to purchase rifles, impose near universal background checks and renew a ban on assault - style rifles.
Meanwhile, the State Assembly Tuesday passed its own set of gun control bills.
The normally fractious Democrats in the state Senate in a show of unity held a joint news conference to push for gun control bills, including a measure that would create a special court order barring people from buying guns if they are proved to be a harm to themselves or others.
Murphy, though, has publicly commented on gun control bills that have not yet passed the Senate.
ALBANY — A bill from Republican State Senator James Seward would amended Governor Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act gun control bill to exempt gun owners» personal data from the public record and to allow guns to be passed down to immediate family members.
The passage of the stricter gun control bill has angered many and Skelos was criticized publicly at the rally in Albany last Thursday, that drew over five thousand people, for bringing the bill to the floor for a vote.
They've also made Cuomo look like a magician when he's pushed his liberal priorities — including a tough gun control bill and the legalization of same - sex marriage — through the chamber.
Senator Gianaris says he'll be talking to the governor's aides in the coming days about the new gun control bills that he is writing.
Democrats last week tried to force a vote on four gun control bills in the state Senate, only to be blocked by Republicans.
Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.
Thirteen - year - old Vermont gubernatorial candidate Ethan Sonneborn, a Democrat, wants the state to pass a gun control bill, and he wants to be sure an «assault weapons» ban is added to it.
Once it became clear that a majority of the Florida Legislature was not inclined to ban all assault weapons, Senator Oscar Braynon, a Democrat, proposed an amendment to the gun control bill that would have halted AR - 15 sales for two years.
The gun control bill that the Florida Legislature passed on Wednesday was, in many respects, a major victory for the new activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a gun control bill that included a provision to arm some trained school employees — but not full - time teachers.
With Congress failing to pass more than 100 gun control bills as the number of casualties from mass shootings piles up, it's easy for gun control advocates to think nothing will be accomplished.
More than 100 gun control bills have since been introduced on Capitol Hill.
Some Republicans who normally support gun ownership rights, like Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R - TX), took an unusual step after the Parkland shooting: They said it might be time for Congress to pass a gun control bill.
Its amazing how we argue against something deemed to help our citizens, yet if a gun control bill was up for debate people would be in arms (pun intended) about their right to own guns.
It didn't help any that the governor used a message of necessity to allow the gun control bill to be voted on quicker, a move the governor was criticized for.
Well, how about another gun control bill?
Although Cuomo has been criticized for relying on messages of necessity to push controversial measures through the Legislature, most notably the gun control bill known as the SAFE Act, his use of his power to expedite the legislative process by circumventing the three - day bill «aging» period has actually declined compared to his predecessors.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year has proposed a gun control bill that would expand the seizure of guns for those convicted of domestic violence.
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