Sentences with phrase «gun issues as»

The gun - control group founded by former NYC Mayor Bloomberg will begin surveying all midterm elections candidates on gun issues as it tries to become a political counterweight to the NRA.

Cuomo trained his crosshairs on seven New York Republican House members over the gun issue as Trump rolled out a school - safety plan long on NRA ideas like arming teachers and short on Democratic - backed proposals like universal background checks.

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Surgeons General dating back to Ronald Reagan appointee C. Everett Koop have consistently cited the medical damage from gun violence as a major public health threat; Adams didn't reject that logic, but his wording underscores just how politically fraught the issue is.

While the American people clash on issues ranging from guns to taxes, what Comey sees as Trump's lapses in character and integrity are an affront members of all political parties, he said.

This is the first time the president has weighed in on the issue, but the Justice Department announced they would look into bump stocks as part of a review process on the legal definition of machine guns following the Las Vegas shooting.

As compromise on the gun issue remained improbable, Sen. Chris Murphy stood on the Senate floor for most of Wednesday and into Thursday, saying he would remain there «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

We've debated the ethics of 3D - printing guns before, so this isn't really a new subject, especially for the «maker» community, which has generally addressed the gun - printing issue by distancing itself as much as possible from the hardcore, gun - printing evangelists like DEFCAD.

Diaz believes Republicans must look as if they care about keeping guns out of the hands of so - called homegrown extremists, while balancing issues of due process and the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms that form the backbone of the NRA's opposition to gun control.

The cover of the relaunch issue, dated September 1977, sported an illustration of a gunslinger carrying a briefcase under the heading, «The management consultant as hired gun. . .

The best - run companies have leaders willing to take a stand on societal issues such as gun control, Bill George says.

While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

Having tried to dissuade Trump behind the scenes, hoping that he would vacillate on this issue as he had on DACA and guns, the usually supine Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan finally spoke up after five days of public silence, expressing concern on the part of their followers that the tariffs would set off a trade war and wipe out the economic gains on which they were pinning their November election prospects.

As a result, Republican lawmakers are more resistant to calls for gun control — arguing against «politicizing» mass shootings and focusing on issues like mental health instead.

As it shows, gun owners and supporters of laxer gun laws are more likely to have recently engaged a public official or political organization on this issue.

They chided the bank for not being regarded as a leader on issues like guns and livable wages.

But as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in DC and the rest of the country on Saturday, it became clear that the movement's apparent potential to promote and boost issue intensity on gun control could ultimately make it pivotal.

At one point, he even suggested that authorities should be able to «Take the guns first, follow due process second,» when disarming people considered to be a threat, such as those with mental health issues.

Take, for instance, Florida's gun laws: A new report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control nonprofit formerly known as the Legal Community Against Violence, issued a report this month about the astronomical economic cost of Florida's awful gun violence laws.

Smith & Wesson's parent company said it was wary of adding «smart - gun» technology to its weapons, as investors push the industry to address safety issues in the wake of recent mass shootings.

Most of the 3,000 ads, which ran between June 2015 and May 2017, focused on divisive issues such as immigration, gun control, gay rights and race.

But this year's speech comes as the issue of gun violence takes on new urgency after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

But as long as people continue to vote for politicians who continue to allow guns and ammunition to be readily available, this is a political issue.

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.

But as eager as Republicans might be to move on from gun control, it will likely be a difficult issue to avoid in coming months, as gun violence prevention activists expand nationwide protests.

But as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Washington, DC, and the rest of the country on Saturday, it became clear that the movement's apparent potential to promote and boost issue intensity on gun control could ultimately make it pivotal.

But the Parkland movement might change that dynamic, at least slightly, by making gun issues higher salience for the country as a whole.

Election experts say Facebook must crack down on inflammatory ads on politically divisive issues such as immigration reform and gun rights, which were used to influence voters during and after the presidential campaign.

As the community mourns, lawmakers in Florida are responding with mixed ideas on what to do to address the recurring issue of gun violence in the state and the national trend of terrorists continually targeting schools.

Republicans fall for it because the have no real connection with most Americans... the need it to get control of the country... Christians fall for it because they use the black and white issue of abortion and gay and lesbian marriage... while completely ignore the harvest field of the Muslim world because they have guns adn will kill you if yo uso much as fart while Muhammad is takign a dump... there's billion Muslims and very few Christians willin to go there... it's obvious a job for a million Christians a real million man and woman army willin gto die for Jesus Christ and stop talkign all the time about abortin abortion abortion and the gay thisn and anythinng else..

Seeing as how they seem to twist Christ's messages around to suit their own purposes, why should the gun issue be any different?

The issue of self - defense came up, and Maxwell — a rape survivor — said that guns are not necessarily rape prevention and that, as a culture, we need to start examining cultural biases and teaching men not to rape.

The militia movement's stance on such issues as gun control or abortion or the sightings of UN troops in the American heartland do not threaten the Jewish community and thus need not trigger the public opposition of the Jewish community.

Since there's too much chaos and uneducated rhetoric as well as piles a assumptions bordering on lying, I personally can only assume the author truly has no intellectual understanding of the issue or issues surrounding gun control and has resorted to expressing a disconnected opinion without facts.

How come he doesn't take a stand on issues such as gun control vs gun rights?

Guns should not be a scapegoat, but maybe if we keep guns around, we can shoot the scapegoat and deal with the real issues that cause violence, issues such as broken families, class warfare, racism, drug and alcohol addictions, violence in movies and video games, and moral issues such as envy, jealousy, greed, and rGuns should not be a scapegoat, but maybe if we keep guns around, we can shoot the scapegoat and deal with the real issues that cause violence, issues such as broken families, class warfare, racism, drug and alcohol addictions, violence in movies and video games, and moral issues such as envy, jealousy, greed, and rguns around, we can shoot the scapegoat and deal with the real issues that cause violence, issues such as broken families, class warfare, racism, drug and alcohol addictions, violence in movies and video games, and moral issues such as envy, jealousy, greed, and rage.

Many of you may take issue with me categorizing this as political speech, but that is absolutely what it was designed to do — a springboard for Obama to push gun control.

Now, Robinson has had many issues as a pass blocker as a pro, but he is still a big, strong son of a gun, so on the off chance he actually is able to get his hands on you, he can still manhandle you.

As the three - year controversy over the gun club came to a head, questions arose about the legitimacy of the issue of lead - shot pollution, the possibility of an underlying anti-gun sentiment, and the role of Park District politics in the decision to seek the gun club «s ouster.

The US is (as it seems with every other issue from your economics to climate change to gun control and healthcare) a highly polarized nation, a nation of extremists.

Still, in Albany, the gun debate has mirrored the national discussion on the issue as Republicans have sought measures that would provide more armed school resources officers as well as metal detectors to bolster school safety.

Ms Smith said: «One of the issues, of course, as the Chief Constable made clear in Liverpool, is that we need people in local communities to be willing to firstly stand up against gun crime, but also to give information to the police [and] to be willing to come forward.

Thanks both to the lack of truly divisive issues in the UK (such as abortion, gay marriage or gun control) and more importantly a fear of being branded a maverick by the central party, British candidates sadly can't motivate people to give the kind of money it takes to run a state - ofthe - art campaign.

As a member of Congress, Manchin is known for his bipartisanship, voting or working with Republicans on issues such as abortion and gun ownershiAs a member of Congress, Manchin is known for his bipartisanship, voting or working with Republicans on issues such as abortion and gun ownershias abortion and gun ownership.

Republicans, in turn, have come under criticism from conservatives for what they have seen as acquiescence on key issues like gun control and minimum wage.

Meanwhile, Republicans have increasingly chaffed at budgets that proposed tax hikes or minimum wage increases, issues that are anathema to their base already restive over the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control package that Cuomo counts as a signature accomplishment.

As Bobson rightly states in his comment, a legal solution to the issue posed by HIPAA protections would be consent to confirm the state of your mental health, prior to being issued a gun license.

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.

Republican Chele Farley attacked her Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for her shifting on issues such as gun control, noting Gillibrand's nickname during her House tenure, «Annie Oakley.»

Two Democratic candidates hoping to take on GOP Rep. John Faso are hosting town hall meetings as activists look to sustain focus on gun control issues following the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.