Democrats last week tried to force a vote on four
gun control bills in the state Senate, only to be blocked by Republicans.
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.
What Gallo wants will probably happen, now that Tuesday's action by the task force subcommittee has put the fate of
the gun control bill in the hands of six top legislative leaders, four of whom are Democrats.
Not exact matches
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.
The three lobbyists tapped by Dick's to push for
gun control are listed by name
in the federal disclosure forms, which are required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to be filed quarterly: Joel Johnson, who worked for both President
Bill Clinton and Senate Democrat leadership; Andrew King, who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
After the vote, Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow, 18, who was killed
in the attack, applauded the Legislature for approving the
bill but pledged to push for more
gun control.
Ryan Petty, father of Alaina Petty, 14, who was killed
in the attack, wrote to lawmakers urging them to pass the
bill as a step
in the right direction toward
gun control.
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.
After more than seven hours of emotional debate that hit the sensitive political subjects of
gun control, education and race, the House voted 67 - 50
in favor of the
bill, sending it to Gov. Rick Scott.
The background check
bill, which seeks to improve the existing database used to prevent
gun purchases by criminals and the mentally ill, is a small nod
in the direction of
gun control that does nothing to close loopholes that allow millions of
gun sales without a background check.
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.
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.
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.
If the Assembly passes the
bill today — and it appears that it will at this point — New York would be the first state to enact a new
gun control law
in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children.
Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on
gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing
bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down
in an election year.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate
Bill 7026 into law, the first
gun control legislation enacted
in the state after the Parkland school massacre on Feb. 14.
Mr. Klein defends his record, adding that he tried a last - minute maneuver to try to pass the women's act and was central to the passage of an increase
in the minimum wage, three on - time budgets and the SAFE Act, a 2013
gun -
control bill.
The proposal was filed as an amendment to the
gun control bill last week, but things ground to a halt
in the Senate after every major
gun control proposal failed.
Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats
in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013
gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.
The NRA, infuriated over Cuomo's Safe Act, which is
billed as the toughest
gun -
control legislation
in the nation, is preparing to give the Cuomo / Hochul ticket a negative rating while backing Astorino.
Guy Smith, who advised President
Bill Clinton during an impeachment process, says he believes
in «traditional Democratic, progressive values,» including equal pay for women, reproductive rights, a $ 15 minimum wage and «more — and more sensible —
gun control.»
Democratic challengers
in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to Americans» fears about terrorism to broach
gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's
bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.
The package of common sense
gun control measures put forward by NYLGVP, including my
bill closing the bump stock loophole, will reaffirm New York as a leader
in the fight against
gun violence and save lives.
Democrats
in the state Senate, fed up with
gun -
control bills going nowhere
in the GOP -
controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.
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.
Schumer is a longtime supporter and champion of
gun control, and often notes that he wrote the so - called Brady
Bill in the early 1990s.
It's not clear if Republicans
in the Senate would want to vote on another
gun control bill.
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.
Ms. Bacchiochi voted against the 2013
gun control bill, passed after the Sandy Hook school massacre, and makes it clear she is the only statewide candidate to have done so — a mark against her
in our book.
A package of three
gun control bills, passed
in February 2013, is seen as the cause of this recall election.
Trump Opens Door For
Gun Confiscation
In America It is time for the American people to forget about which party controls Congress and who is in the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and Bill of Rights — and against ANY new gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toas
In America It is time for the American people to forget about which party
controls Congress and who is
in the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and Bill of Rights — and against ANY new gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toas
in the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and
Bill of Rights — and against ANY new
gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toast.
Supporters of New York's
gun control measures — among the most restrictive
in the U.S. — held a smaller event inside the Statehouse to announce several new
bills, including one that would prohibit anyone from buying more than one
gun a month.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat -
controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing
gun violence
in the state, a day after Republicans who
control New York's Senate approved
bills that focus on school safety but don't address the
gun control issue.
Democrats
in the state Senate tried to force a vote on
gun control legislation Wednesday, to put Republicans on the spot over some GOP senators» resistance to the
bills.
«Great job by 60 minutes exposing @SenGillibrand flip flops on
Bill Clinton,
gun control & immigration,» Farley said
in a Tweet.
ALBANY — The Republican - led state Senate on Monday approved
bills intended to improve school safety
in the wake of the latest school shooting massacre, but only after voting down a number of Democratic
gun -
control proposals and trading insults.
In the meantime, DiPietro put together a memo explaining how Trump could win mostly by going hard after a new gun - control law pushed by Cuomo, which he wrote could provide 300,00 to 500,000 new voters, and by running against Bill de Blasio, New York's «first truly radical mayor, a man who still reveres the Sandinistas, honeymooned in Havana, and self - describes as a believer in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).&raqu
In the meantime, DiPietro put together a memo explaining how Trump could win mostly by going hard after a new
gun -
control law pushed by Cuomo, which he wrote could provide 300,00 to 500,000 new voters, and by running against
Bill de Blasio, New York's «first truly radical mayor, a man who still reveres the Sandinistas, honeymooned
in Havana, and self - describes as a believer in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).&raqu
in Havana, and self - describes as a believer
in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).&raqu
in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).»
In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (
Bill) Clintonian - rolling out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York for growth, and liberal social policies like marriage equality and
gun control.
The FBI is «stretched very thin» and lawmakers
in Washington «prostitute themselves» to the NRA to block stricter
gun control laws, NYPD Commissioner
Bill Bratton said during a TV appearance this morning.
The New Jersey Senate voted on Thursday to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a
gun control bill, the first time state lawmakers had mustered enough votes
in more than 50 attempts at undoing one of his vetoes.
Republicans
in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four
gun control bills.
The
gun control plan revives a long - sought and at - times dormant issue raised by Senate Democrats: the microstamping of bullets, a
bill that has been opposed by Senate Republicans over the years and was not included
in the otherwise all - inclusive SAFE Act.
An article on Friday about a vote by the New Jersey State Senate to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a
gun control bill misstated the title of Thomas Kean Jr.
in some editions.
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.
Bump stocks, used
in the Las Vegas mass shooting, could be banned if Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie get their way, but
gun rights advocates say they'll pressure the GOPO -
controlled state Senate to defeat the
bill.
The state Senate
in New Jersey overrode a veto of a
gun control bill issued by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
NYPD Commissioner
Bill Bratton said he has «no faith»
in Congress to enact meaningful
gun control legislation because so many members are beholden to the National Rifle Association.
ALBANY — Pro-
gun GOP lawmakers are smoking mad that they voted for millions of dollars
in funding for the SAFE Act — the state's strict
gun -
control law — claiming they didn't know the spending was hidden
in state budget
bills.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republicans
in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four
gun control bills.
The
bills, however, have become ensnared
in the heated debate over
gun control and face an uncertain fate
in the GOP -
controlled Senate.