Sentences with phrase «gun groups support»

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It all comes down to how Everytown, an advocacy group that supports stricter gun laws, defines school shootings.

The group hailed the new mental health support as a legislative «victory» - one of the few they have seen in four years of ceaseless advocacy to tighten America's gun laws.

The proposal, which does not have the support of gun rights groups, has repeatedly failed on the Senate floor.

After that massacre, the N.R.A. said it supported a national ban on bump stocks, an extremely rare gun control endorsement by the group.

Organizers at national gun control groups, who provided logistical support and public relations advice as the students planned the Washington rally, said they believed that the students would not become disillusioned by the lack of immediate action in Congress.

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

I for one support the drone program, you would think the religious groups would be envolved with the gun issue and killings going on in this country, or am I just missing it.

The NRA announced support for regulating «bump stocks» — a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations.

Fed - up New Yorkers who can't join the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, D.C., next week can head to the Upper West Side on March 24, where anti-gun violence groups are inviting anyone who wants to support the Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivors to gather.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group started by Bloomberg, will hold a rally tomorrow on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to support background check legislation.

He supported the bipartisan gun control and school safety legislation that passed after Sandy Hook but recently told a gun rights group that he regretted his vote.

Washington (CNN)-- The group formed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to pressure political candidates to come out publicly in support of some gun control measures.

When asked why would pro-gun groups and individuals like Denise Ward support her candidacy, Killian responded, «Almost everyone I speak to would like common sense gun laws, and those include NRA members, include people that aren't NRA members, own guns.»

As well as targeting fully - fledged Brexiteers like Duncan Smith, the pro-EU groups are also gunning for Tory MPs who supported remain but have failed to speak out against a hard Brexit if their general election opponents are fiercely pro-EU.

The rest of the money comes from unions, gun control organizations, and gun rights groups looking to boost the chances of the candidate whose political ideology best supports their own policy aims.

At the time, the president, a member of the National Rifle Association who has strong political support from gun owners, said he would look at stricter background checks and raising the minimum age for buying an assault weapon, proposals that the group opposes.

A prison support group has started an online petition calling on Cuomo to grant clemency to Barbara Sheehan, the Queens woman serving a five - year sentence for gun possession in the fatal shooting of her ex-cop husband.

A coalition of groups that support high - volume hydrofracking and gun rights are pushing a renewed effort to have the upstate region of the state break away from New York.

A growing number of Republicans in Congress have expressed support for banning bump stocks, but not all are eager to cast votes on legislation that could hurt their standing with gun rights groups.

The Westchester Children's Association (WCA) and National Black Law Enforcement organization, Blacks In Law Enforcement of America were among the many groups who publicly supported and called for a permanent ban on gun shows at the Westchester County Center or other County property.

The National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful lobby group for gun rights, said Thursday that it would support an effort to restrict bump stocks — an unusual move for a group that has long pushed back on efforts to impose new firearms regulations.

Candice Giove, a spokeswoman for the independent Democrats, said the group was «proud of its record of achievements,» listing its support for gun - control legislation, a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, among other issues.

While Tierney has attempted to portray Tisei, 50, as the new recruit of the House Republicans» «Young Guns» — a group of fiscal reform - minded Republicans led originally by Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy, and whose PAC is supporting Tisei with television ads — Tisei said that he will work across the aisle in Washington to achieve his legislative goals, all of which are focused on the economy.

A group representing local governments in Erie County is supporting calls to repeal the state's new gun - control law.

But as he was digging into the study, his source of funding came under attack from the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobbying group based in Fairfax, Va., that supports gun ownership.

«All too often, pollsters ask Americans whether they support more or less gun control, or frame gun policies as controls on gun ownership generally rather than as measures to keep guns from criminals or other high - risk groups,» Barry says.

Later, after her son is gunned down in the streets, Davis's character, Lila, seeks out a support group for mothers who have lost their children; there she meets Lopez's Eve.

The Hollywood Reporter says industry insiders have told them gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety have made badges for stars to wear to the event to show their support for calls to change gun laws.

The supporting cast of characters, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Ben Foster, and Rory Cochrane round out the team, as they protect the Native Americans from those who pass by, attempting to knock the group off their goal with guns and arrows.

I find it interesting that a majority of the political supporters of VAL and anti-pitbull groups are right wing conservatives that support guns — which kill 32 people a day, unlike dogs which kill 32 people a year!

The Women's March, Everytown for Gun Safety and the gun violence prevention group founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords provided heavy support for the march, opening the youths up to criticism that they are just pawns of left - wing organizations that have been fighting guns for years.

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.

The Giffords group said in a statement that a «critical component of addressing our nation's gun violence epidemic is supporting the candidates who will stand up to the gun lobby and fight for safer gun laws.»