Sentences with phrase «gun control measures did»
Looks like the president's new gun control measures didn't come soon enough for Cruz, the blind California sea lion pup that lost his eyesight to gunshot wounds.
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Shares of companies such as American Outdoor Brands and Sturm Ruger rose Thursday after the White House said President Donald Trump was open to multiple gun control measures but does not want to «ban an entire class of firearms.»
Today, even some Republican lawmakers who seem open to modest gun - control measures don't support the ban or even heavy regulation of the guns.
That package also included the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, doesn't include any specific gun control measures, but increases grants for school safety measures, such as security training and metal detectors.
Contrary to news media reports, the vast majority of Americans do not believe gun control measures will prevent mass shootings.
Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.
Cuomo — who has also vowed to work against the re-election of Faso and a half - dozen other Republican members of Congress who oppose gun control measures — said Faso's personal «no» vote on did not get him off the hook.
Some cautioned, however, that the places a gun control debate would not help Democratic Senate chances are places like Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Arizona — heavily Republican states where voters oppose measures to gun access or anything to do with Obama, for that matter.
We need sensible gun control measures to save lives, and I will do everything I can to achieve that.
Republican lawmakers, too, do not want to appear too close with Cuomo on policy issues, especially when it comes to hot - button measures such as gun control.
While GOP lawmakers in the Senate are hailing the move as a victory for the Second Amendment, Astorino and other gun - rights proponents have said the agreement does little to change the gun - control measure approved in 2013.
It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.
The final budget deal, as expected, did not include a range of non-fiscal matters, including extending the statute of limitations in child abuse cases, school safety measures, gun control, relaxing certain criminal bail requirements and any bolstering of ethics and campaign finance laws in reaction to what has become an annual parade of Albany corruption cases, including two major trials this year of people with close ties to Cuomo.
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.
Clinton accused gunmakers and the gun lobby of using their money and power to coerce members of Congress to do their bidding, as she promised to work for new gun - control measures if elected president.
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.
Rep. Chris Collins has done this, as has Rep. Tom Reed earlier on Friday as well after the state Democratic committee launched an ad campaign knocking his opposition to new gun control measures.
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.
But Sampson in today's interview says these were all issues that Republicans in the majority could have taken up, along with a fracking ban and gun control measures, but did not.
While President Donald Trump did express a willingness to examine certain gun control measures after the Parkland shooting, the White House has refrained from pushing gun control.
«We saw after Vegas people screaming and yelling to do everything to call for martial law to throwing the bill of rights into the shredder,» he said of a push for new gun control measures.
The congressional races in November will test whether the Democratic Party will make room for candidates who don't back all gun control measures.
The students met with President Donald Trump and heard his public endorsement of gun - control measures to the point that he lectured Sen. Pat Toomey nothing had been done to this point, «Because you're afraid of the NRA.»
Guess they don't have a Marion Hammer in Oregon: The Associated Press's Andrew Selsky reports that Oregon appears to be the first state to pass a gun control measure since the Stoneman Douglas shooting.
Gun control has long been one of the most divisive and contentious issues in Washington, and the rush to legislate on school safety reflects the difficulty of passing measures that have anything to do with guns.
PARKLAND, Fla. - Some Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are glad to see measures being taken regarding school safety, but they want more done regarding gun control.