Sentences with phrase «gun control people»

Steve, you say, «He seems to me to blame the «implement» (the «institutional church») rather than the individuals who «use» it, much the same way the gun control people blame guns for violence.»

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The app's user base has expanded to include a wide range of users, including gun control advocates as well as people who use firearms for recreation and hunting.

Students who have been vocal about the need for gun control spoke out against DeVos in person and on Twitter.

Delta's move to end discounts for NRA members came in the wake of this month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead and reignited the gun control debate in America.

In the wake of the murder of 49 people and the wounding of 53 in Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored: expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying guns.

58 % of people said it is appropriate for companies to take part in the gun - control debate, compared to 33 % who say it isn't appropriate.

This isn't a new argument, but it's one that's resurfaced recently: Instead of more gun control, some people believe we should give guns and gun training to teachers, office workers, and the like.

During a White House gun control roundtable on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence brought up gun violence restraining orders, which would permit a family member or someone close to a potentially dangerous individual to petition a court to have the person's weapons temporarily confiscated.

Delta, United Airlines, Hertz, and MetLife are among more than a dozen companies that have cut ties with the National Rifle Association after gun - control activists encouraged people to boycott brands that did business with the guns - rights group.

The Parkland, Florida shooting that killed 17 people at a high school has sparked a national debate on gun control.

High - profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube's headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead.

Following the shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida, the nation has been engulfed in a debate over gun control.

That troublesome phrase — especially when recited by politician after politician — tells victims, their loved ones, the attackers, and the American people that gun violence is out of the government's control.

With the NRA and NRA - backed politicians becoming a focal point of the conversation around gun control, people and companies are standing up to say «enough» as they join in the rapidly growing NRA boycott.

This month, Teen Vogue is dedicating its digital cover to rising voices in the gun control movement, young people who are working on the issue in different ways, all of them impacted by gun violence.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federaPeople who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federapeople barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

Although preparing for the worst is necessary, some people argue that school shootings may be prevented through gun control legislation.

The moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change, even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.

They were part of a group of 200 people from Stoneman Douglas, in Parkland, Fla., who were sponsored by Giffords, the gun control advocacy group, to come to the Washington march.

Others, including some gun control and mental health advocates, point to the increasing number of states that allow law enforcement officers or, in some cases, family members or others to petition a court to temporarily take guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or others.

A Broward County judge on Friday issued the state's first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida's new gun - control laws.

On Tuesday night, at least 200 people came out to a high school to listen to Dr. Tipirneni, who spoke of her support for a public health insurance option, «common - sense» gun control, and robust funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

At least 1.2 million people marched for gun control over the weekend at events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman.

Parkland gun control activist David Hogg does not appear bothered by being rejected by colleges, claiming that «amazing people don't get into college.»

Rocker and NRA board member Ted Nugent used an appearance on the «The Joe Page Show» to describe the Parkland gun control activists as people who «have no soul.»

Gun share prices rise after mass shootings with the perception that tighter gun control rules will follow and that people need to better protect themselves.

If you set out to write a parody of gun control, it might look like the real news from London, where guns don't kill people, knives do.

«He knows he has to do something,» said another person who has spoken with Trump about the issue, who said the president seemed open to stricter gun control but had not decided what it would look like.

Students at the Florida school where 17 people died last week said Sunday they will organize nationwide marches for gun control next month and try to create a «badge of shame» for politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.

Young people are also more likely to be politically liberal, although they're only slightly more likely to be supportive of gun - control measures.

Student survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead are now leading a massive national gun control movement.

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.

America's attention to gun control often focuses on a few specific measures: universal background checks, restrictions on people with mental illnesses buying firearms, and an assault weapons ban, for example.

Gun control measures can help address this by reducing the number of people who own guns, whether over time or immediately.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland school shooter who killed 17 people, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.

With every mass shooting, Republicans have been careful to avoid conversations around expanding background checks or imposing any kind of gun control measures, outside of arming more people.

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

In some cases, gun control polled better after Parkland than it did in the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting in October 2017, which killed 58 people, the deadliest mass shooting in post-World War II American history.

In 1968, after a decade that saw the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Junior and Bobby Kennedy, Congress passed the Gun Control Act, which, in part, grew the list of those people who could not purchase guns, to most convicted felons and mentally ill people.

The people persisted in asking despite the chairman's warning, early on, that gun control wasn't on the panel's agenda.

In the case with Delta, only 13 people used the NRA discount, and Calkins says the airline never came out and said it supported gun control legislation.

Asked about mass shootings more broadly, the public says by a roughly 2 to 1 margin that they reflect problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems rather than inadequate gun control laws.

By making more people more passionate about gun control, the movement could help close a big gap in the current debate.

Thousands of people are expected to attend the March for Our Lives protest in Washington, DC, on Saturday to advocate for gun control reform in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

I think it really will take something like 80 % for gun control, and tragically, I'm convinced it will take a lot more senseless deaths — and not just the death of black teenagers, but the deaths of children of powerful people through gun violence.

Its amazing how we argue against something deemed to help our citizens, yet if a gun control bill was up for debate people would be in arms (pun intended) about their right to own guns.

However, unlike most people from my state, I am very much against gun control, against amnesty for illegal immigrants, and support very strict and secure border controls.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

People have poor impulse control and you don't see a problem with having guns around them that make killing as easy as pulling a trigger as quickly as possible?

They hate bring the pro-gun people on air to debate anti-gun policy because pro-gun destroy the concept of gun control.