Sentences with phrase «gun control effort»

Kids are the voice of this latest gun control effort, and they have legitimate concerns about being shot — particularly kids who have experienced a mass shooting.

The gun control effort, however, cost Cuomo a pile of political capital and his popularity suffered for it in public opinion polls.

The NRA's power and financial influence is widely overstated and not the real reason gun control efforts are failing, says Jake Novak.

The Parkland shooting has faded from the headlines in the weeks since the March for Our Lives, and Friday's rally is one of the last coordinated, nationwide gun control efforts on the calendar.

Seems like 92 % of evangelicals do not support gun control efforts.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made gun control a signature issue for him following the shooting at Connecticut elementary school, said he would back additional gun control efforts, but insisted the SAFE Act remained the best gun control law in the country.

He did, however say that «New York leads the way» in gun control efforts.

For that, and for his past support of gun control efforts, the candidate for governor earned an F rating from the NRA and was branded «a true enemy of gun owners» rights.»

And the dictatorial way he imposed the SAFE Act backfired and arguably had a chilling effect on national gun control efforts at the time that subsequently went nowhere.

Many current gun control efforts focus on limiting the availability of military - style semi-automatic assault rifles.

The march took place on the same day that some students from Parkland traveled to Tallahassee to talk to state legislators about gun control efforts.

Not exact matches

Though he faces an uphill battle — he's a pro-business fiscal conservative who also supports gun control, abortion rights, and efforts to curb climate change — his personal war chest will come in handy.

Students, parents and politicians gathered Wednesday to announce formation of a new, Broward - based organization to push for gun controls and alert voters which officials support — and which candidates oppose — those efforts.

But this is Florida, a laboratory for the N.R.A. and a state that has become recognized for its consistent efforts under legislative Republican control since 1996 to expand gun rights.

The well ORGANIZED effort by Florida school students demanding gun control has GEORGE SOROS» FINGERPRINTS all over it.

Gbowee found even more cause for celebration in the efforts of the Parkland students to hold the government accountable for gun control policy.

It is likely to revive a debate over gun control, though efforts to legislate restrictions on firearms following previous school shootings largely proved fruitless.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

Indeed, Cuomo could be a victim of his early and highly consequential successes — the history making legalization of same - sex marriage, a cap on property tax increases, a sweeping gun control law, an ongoing effort to restrain Medicaid growth — from his first term.

Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to pass new gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.

Niou cited Kavanagh's «vast amount of state government experience,» including his efforts as part of a group spearheaded by former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg to push for gun control.

Cuomo entered into a multi-state agreement with three other states in an effort to increase gun control, which will ultimately create a database to share information with Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Mayer's campaign knocked the complaint, saying it's an effort to distract from the issue of pushing for new gun control legislation.

New York's Democratic lawmakers and gun - control advocates have won an important new ally in their effort to push a legislative ban of bump stocks, which turn semi-automatic rifles into virtual machine guns: Acting ATF Director Thomas Brandon.

Accepting his party's nomination, Cuomo sounded a triumphant note in his party convention address that cited his successful efforts to pass gay marriage and gun control and his work to boost education investments and fix the economy of upstate New York.

The comments came the same day the Cuomo administration was trying to push out some good news: Hundreds of millions of dollars being funneled for economic development efforts, largely benefiting upstate and a push on the gun control measure.

As dozens of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have gained popularity spearheading a new movement for increased gun control after a gunman killed 17 people at their school in February, Kashuv has garnered a following among conservatives for opposing those efforts and emphasizing conservative legislative initiatives.

HARTFORD — One of the chief architects of the 25 - hour takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on gun control legislation said Friday he didn't agree with efforts by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to raise money off...

The governor told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that there was a «political cost» after he led New York's efforts to adopt new gun control legislation shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in late 2012.

Republicans in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon annonuced a major $ 10 million independent spending campaign in an effort to elect moderates and independents who support his views on gun control and education.

Gen. David Petraeus will form a new gun - control group for veterans with retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who became a vocal proponent of gun - control efforts after she was shot in the head in 2011.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to take it slow on a legislative response to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases contrasts with his speedy effort a year ago to pass the nation's first gun control measure after the Newtown tragedy.

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.

He included that on his end - of - session agenda in an effort to mollify conservative activists who opposed ascension as leader due to his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control measure.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans in Albany blocked an effort by Democrats Wednesday to force a vote on four gun control bills.

Republican leaders in the state Senate did not respond to requests for comment on Hoylman's bill, but on Wednesday they defeated an effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on several gun control measures including a bump stock ban.

«Some of the changes needed would benefit cities all over the country... I would borrow from Mayor Bloomberg's efforts on gun control... but I have a more economic frame... I'm concerned about getting the federal government back into the mass transit and affordable housing business where it was for a half - century and should be and can be again.»

The two women on the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Democrats Elizabeth Esty and Rosa DeLauro, say they are not giving up on efforts to get the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on gun control legislation.

The Democratic strategist involved in the effort said that Cuomo continues the gun control fight even though he suffered politically among Republicans and voters upstate and in the Hudson Valley after passage of the SAFE Act, which «was the right thing to do.»

Last week, the state Democratic Party bought $ 100,000 in television ads touting Mr. Cuomo's efforts on gun control.

Bratton's main point on MSNBC's «Morning Joe» appeared to be that law enforcement officers can not just surveil their way out of the problem of terrorism and mass shootings, but rather need stricter gun control laws to help them in their efforts.

He acknowledged efforts to repeal onerous portions of the New York SAFE gun control law was unsuccessful.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans in Albany blocked an effort by Democrats Wednesday to force a vote on four gun control bills.

LOVE it or loathe it, there is no denying that the US National Rifle Association (NRA) has been stunningly successful in its efforts to fight gun control.

All these efforts seem dedicated to shifting the conversation from the fundamental issues of gun control and real school safety.

While his reported $ 50 million campaign for gun control has had a negligible effect, Bloomberg has reason to hope his latest effort in philanthropic activism will produce more results.

Their efforts will continue Wednesday, when about 100 Parkland students and their supporters are scheduled to hold a gun - control rally at the Capitol.

But as the healing effort begins, one question is whether Google and other Silicon Valley companies will be even more vocal in the ongoing national debate over gun control.

A particularly low - effort hoax spreading online in March 2018 — part of a wave of attempted smear campaigns directed at survivors of a February 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida who are calling for stricter gun - control legislation — has led some people to accuse one of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting survivors of vandalism.