Two Democratic candidates hoping to take on GOP Rep. John Faso are hosting town hall meetings as activists look to sustain focus on
gun control issues following the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Not exact matches
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.
Democrat Robin Kelly made
gun control a central
issue in her successful House primary last month, and now she says she will
follow the president's lead on that very
issue in Congress.
Gun control has become a contentious
issue in New York
following the passage of the SAFE Act, a
gun control measure that bans the sale of some semi-automatic weapons and requires those who already own such firearms to register with authorities.
Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex
issue so quickly
following the 2013
gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).
An
issue of concern to many voters expected to turnout is
gun control — specifically opposition to the stricter
gun law passed in Connecticut
following the 2012 school shooting in Newtown.
In a
follow up to the gallery's critically acclaimed group show «UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN,» which opened during the week of the 2017 presidential inauguration, exhibition ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE features artwork across all mediums addressing the
issues our society has faced since the election such as immigration rights, women's rights, transgender rights, health care, climate change, white supremacy, gender equality,
gun control, sexual harassment, as well as countless other
issues which have given rise to mass protest throughout the United States and abroad over the past year.
In a
follow up to the gallery's critically acclaimed group show «Uprise / Angry Women,» which opened during the week of the 2017 presidential inauguration, exhibition One Year Of Resistance features artwork across all mediums addressing the
issues our society has faced since the election such as immigration rights, women's rights, transgender rights, health care, climate change, white supremacy, gender equality,
gun control, sexual harassment, as well as countless other
issues which have given rise to mass protest throughout the United States and abroad over the past year.