Sentences with phrase «gun control laws passed»

Some were angry over gun control laws passed in 2013.

Several Republican lawmakers who opposed the gun control law passed in January are due to appear the rally tomorrow, including Sens. Greg Ball and Kathy Marchione.

Arguably the coalition faced its first big test with the gun control law passing the chamber.

The W.F.P. challenge is the most tangible manifestation of the frustration expressed by progressives toward Cuomo, and their displeasure that he has governed as a fiscal moderate, choosing to burnish his liberal credentials with social issues, like a push to legalize same - sex marriage and a new gun control law passed after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Mr. Cuomo noted he took a hit in the polls when he backed the SAFE Act, a wide - ranging 2013 gun control law passed in the wake of the Newtown shootings.

Regulations in NY SAFE, the new gun control law passed this week by the state of New York, preclude the release of gun permit information for a 120 - period, allowing gun - owners to request a privacy exemption.

Not exact matches

Ron DeSantis, a leading Republican candidate for governor and self - described «big Second Amendment guy,» says he would have vetoed the historic Florida gun - control law passed in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.

Now, some cities want to undo a Florida law that prevents them from passing local gun - control laws.

A Democratic - controlled Congress back in 2010 didn't have the political capital to pass gun laws (some Democrats have since said that was a mistake), and Congress failed to expand background checks in 2013 after the 2012 Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting.

The basic problem: If a city or state passes strict gun control measures, people can simply cross a border to buy guns in a jurisdiction with laxer laws.

On any given day, he may or may not express the policy views associated with the American right — he will muse about raising taxes on hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steel.

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.

Students at thousands of schools across the United States walked out of class Wednesday morning to pressure Congress and state lawmakers to pass gun control laws.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked hard, first behind the scenes and later openly, to pass the country's first - in - the - nation gun control laws after the shootings in Connecticut that killed 20 children.

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.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's message of necessity that skirts the three - day waiting period so lawmakers can pass his gun control legislation this week outlines what his office says is the immediate need to get the law in place.

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.

She is leading the fight to pass seven important gun control laws.

He can take credit for progressive accomplishments under his reign like a phased - in $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and strict gun control measures, ignoring the fact that regular Democrats endorsed all these things and would have passed them into law if they too sat in the majority.

Like Cuomo, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used the petition denial to call on Congress and states to pass tougher gun - control laws.

The event comes on the heels of a sweeping gun control law that passed last month in Albany that updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of rounds in a high - capacity magazine.

But Cuomo said he had taken a political hit of his own in rural areas after passing the SAFE Act, a controversial gun control law.

Cuomo wants to approach the topic differently than the gun control laws approved two years ago, which were hastily written and passed early in January.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said she's been lobbying Congress to pass tougher gun control laws and the gun violence will continue until they do.

«In 2013, New York rose to the occasion and passed the toughest gun control laws in the nation.

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

Also not resolved - amending the state's recently passed gun control laws rescind a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines.

Last winter, gun rights advocates compared Cuomo to Hitler, after the governor helped pass a package of new gun control laws known as the SAFE Act.

Governor Cuomo, wants to approach the topic differently than the gun control laws approved two years ago, which were hastily written and passed early in January.

Pollster Mickey Carroll says the governor's numbers started dropping right after Cuomo convinced the legislature to pass tough new gun control laws in mid-January.

The New York state legislature is passing the toughest in the nation gun control laws laid out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

When New York state passed «the toughest gun control laws in the nation» on Jan. 15, concern arose in a small upstate New York town built around a gun manufacturing company.

In both cities, the call from survivors of the Parkland massacre last month is for Congress to pass stricter gun control laws and to end gun violence.

Cuomo, too, has benefited from the IDC - GOP coalition in the chamber, and often cites his record to pass measures such as a new gun control law and the legalization of same - sex marriage, while also racking up tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners in the state budget.

With Cuomo, Skelos allowed votes on a host of long - sought Democratic measures ranging from the legalization of same - sex marriage to a sweeping gun control law in 2013 that was passed in the wake of a school shooting in Connecticut.

The backlash against New York's new gun control law, the NY SAFE Act, continues, with the Wilton GOP announcing today it unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to the measure and calling on fellow party committees to do the same.

New York passed the controversial gun - control law called the SAFE Act in January 2013 in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

At the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly).

He led our state to be the first to pass the strongest gun control laws in the nation and passed marriage equality.

Senate Republicans had taken political heat from its conservative base over passing Cuomo's sweeping gun control law in January.

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.

Before New York's new gun control law was even passed, lawmakers were acknowledging that they would have to pass a second measure to clean up some of its errors.

Lawyers for Skelos tried to focus the judge on the senator's accomplishments, which they included as his help in getting passed — over considerable GOP opposition over the years — sweeping gun control laws and the 2011 same - sex marriage statute.

«We passed gun control laws in this state,» said Governor Andrew Cuomo early in the June 13 event, which drew thousands to the West Village, filling Christopher Street from Waverly Place to Seventh Avenue with the crowd spilling onto Grove Street.

The state Assembly passed five gun control bills on Tuesday — including one that would allow judges to remove weapons from mentally - ill people following a request from a relative or law enforcement.

The governor spent the next 11 minutes lambasting Donald Trump and highlighting his own record of passing marriage - equality and gun - control laws.

Governor Cuomo, whose 2013 SAFE Act was one of the toughest packages of new state gun laws to pass in recent years, responded to Gabey's shooting by calling greater national gun control measures.

«This coalition has proved we can govern in a bipartisan fashion,» said Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx), ticking off the wins: raising the minimum wage, passing the nation's toughest gun control law, and helping small business.

«Governor Cuomo passed a $ 15 minimum wage, the strongest paid family leave program and gun control laws in the nation, banned fracking, raised the age of criminal responsibility, and enacted the first - ever free college tuition program for middle class families.