Sentences with phrase «gun control law through»
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being criticized by a good - government group and rank - and - file lawmakers for rushing his gun control law through secret meetings to make New York the first state to enact a measure since the Newtown, Conn., tragedy.
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Cuomo has clarified in recent weeks his remarks that he would support a government shutdown over the issue, saying Democrats should leverage power through the threat of a shutdown by pushing for strong gun control laws, similar to how Republicans in Congress have staged similar protests over Planned Parenthood and spending issues.
Press Release Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R,I,C - Greenwood Lake) last week announced her online petition to repeal the gun control laws enacted through the NY S.A.F.E. Act.
Putnam said he couldn't have signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act as it was, though he added that if he were to be elected Governor, the self - proclaimed «NRA sellout» would enforce the law that has led to a lawsuit from the gun group, and a ritual defenestration of House Speaker Richard Corcoran for pushing the gun control bill through.
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).
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo says gun control is controversial, but the law he pushed through in New York has broad support and he believes it will save lives.
The still roiling anger over Cuomo's push of the gun control law the SAFE Act through the Legislature could well translate into support upstate for Astorino, though sportsmen and gun enthusiasts have not been known to vote in big numbers in the past.
Cuomo in 2013 pushed through the passage a package of gun control laws known as the SAFE Act, approved in the weeks after an elementary school shooting in Connecticut.
After the Sandy Hook school shooting, Cuomo raced to push through a far - reaching gun control law.
«They took a bill that came in from an out - of - state organization on gun control and they rammed it through without any debate, without any discussion, without any amendments from law enforcement.»
Cuomo says New York's gun control law, known as the SAFE Act, is working in New York, but without a national law, guns come in through other states.
High school students and allies seeking stronger gun control laws in North Carolina following last month's Florida school shootings walked through downtown Raleigh in solidarity with a similar weekend rally in Washington.