Sentences with phrase «gun control legislation such»

While several Senate GOP lawmakers have expressed a willingness to back new gun control legislation such as tighter background checks and a ban bump stocks, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said his conference's «primary focus» remains on strengthening school security.

Republican Sen. John Bonacic in an interview Tuesday said he would be open to considering specific gun control legislation such as bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

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The governor has sought to limit exercising the power of waiving the three - day aging process for bills, though he has used them for high - profile legislation such as a gun control package and the legalization of same - sex marriage (Technically speaking, the Legislature must ask for the message).

But the budget is also notable for what it did not include: a measure that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits, voting reforms such as early voting and gun control legislation Democratic lawmakers had pushed in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead.

McGee didn't reveal his strategy for getting such a ban through the GOP - controlled House, but Senate Democrats this week said they would attempt to attach gun legislation, including an AR - 15 ban, to bills moving through the Legislature.

In the weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a South Florida high school, some Republicans — including, at least briefly, President Trump — have broken ranks with the gun rights group to support modest gun control legislation, such as raising the age limit for buying assault weapons and banning so - called bump stocks, which turn semiautomatic weapons into something close to machine guns.