Sentences with phrase «gun law in»
With the passage of a controversial gun law in the state that took effect on Oct. 1, 2013, the owners of restaurants and bars who don't want guns in their businesses must post a sign.
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«In totality the coalition has been successful in passing marriage equality, the toughest gun law in the nation, fully - funded, full - day universal pre-kindergarten and increasing the minimum wage and I'm proud of this string of successes,» he said.
The state party, for instance, began spending $ 100,000 on a television ad this week praising Mr. Cuomo for «passing the strongest gun law in the nation,» with a separate, smaller digital campaign this week focused on congressional Republicans, noting that six of them were given an A rating from the National Rifle Association.
Cuomo told Blitzer the SAFE Act was «the smartest, toughest gun law in the country.»
«So on the one hand, you have a governor who has taken on the NRA and passed the toughest gun law in the nation, and on the other hand you have the New York congressional members of the GOP — the straight «A» students of the NRA,» the strategist said.
«I passed what is probably the toughest gun law in the nation,» said Cuomo, who said illegal guns continue to come to New York thorough other states with looser laws.
«The result is the strongest gun law in that nation.»
I passed the toughest gun law in the country!
«My popularity came down 20 points when I passed the gun bill — the safest, smartest gun law in the country,» he said.
He acted, passing the strongest gun law in the nation, banning the sale of assault weapons in New York state.»
(CNN)- Fresh off a speech to the National Rifle Association's annual meeting, former - and potentially future - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum praised a controversial new gun law in Georgia.
While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.
Though several states tightened their gun laws in response, years of impassioned public campaigning by Sandy Hook victims» families have not brought any expansion of federal gun control laws.
(CNN) Students around the United States are walking out of class to demand tougher gun laws in response to last week's deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, but some schools are threatening them with harsh punishments.
Hillary Clinton called for tougher gun laws in response.
The annual scorecard measures what lawyers at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence consider «the relative strength or weakness» of gun laws in each state in 2017.
That doesn't mean the stricter gun laws in Chicago, New York, or any other jurisdiction have no effect, but it does limit how far these local and state measures can go, since the root of the problem lies in other places» laws.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made this argument after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting: «I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun - related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country.
The Fix NICS Act aims to fix a disturbing trend in multiple mass shootings: Existing gun laws in America are poorly enforced.
However, it amazes me that in a city that has recorded over 440 + school age children being injuired or killed but a gun this year, and with a city with some of THE STRICTEST gun laws in the US, that they aren't beating down city hall doors to make some more laws.
They are happening by THUGS who break the gun laws IN ADDITION to others.
«Senator Jeff Klein sponsored the SAFE Act, considered the toughest gun laws in the nation, and through that New York State outlawed bump fire devices,» said IDC spokeswoman Candice Giove.
Despite having among the toughest gun laws in the country, our state experiences too many gun - related crimes due to firearms originating elsewhere,» Gianaris said.
«Luckily in New York, Governor Cuomo is leading the way and setting an example for the nation — from fighting the GOP tax bill which deliberately targets New Yorkers, to free college tuition for middle class families and passing the strongest gun laws in the country.
«The Independent Democratic Conference delivers for New Yorkers: the best paid family leave program in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, and the toughest gun laws in the country,» Hamilton said in a statement issued Monday afternoon.
«I fully support the efforts of spearheaded by courageous members of the State Senate to pass common sense gun laws in New York and today I'm asking all of my supporters to call Senator Golden's office and ask him to do the same.»
New York already has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, known as the SAFE Act, and passed after the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings five years ago.
The state already has one of the strongest gun laws in the nation.
1 in Texas, 1 Nebraska / Wyoming, 1 in DC, 1 in Alabama, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in Missouri / California and 2 in Virginia (I leave it to someone else to make a judgement call on the strictness of gun laws in those states).
«I guess we don't have the toughest gun laws in the nation anymore,» Murphy said.
Hi Sara Surely one also has to take into account other factors outside of gun ownership and gun laws in counter-examples?
While previous attempts to strengthen gun laws in the wake of mass shootings have failed, they...
Cuomo, they say, was a progressive presiding over a broke and broken state for his first term, and still managed to legalize same - sex marriage, pass some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and embark on an infrastructure rebuilding project unseen since the days of Robert Moses.
Of all the prospective Democratic presidential candidates, he has one of the thickest records of actual progressive accomplishments, from legalizing gay marriage early in 2011 to passing significant gun laws in 2013 after the Sandy Hook shooting, to actions around climate change and economic growth.
Senator Jeff Klein, sponsor of S4392, which enacts «Nicholas's Law» said: «As the prime Senate sponsor of the SAFE Act, considered the toughest gun laws in the nation, I'm proud that New York has led the way on gun control.
Following several tragedies in recent months, Cuomo made an impassioned plea during his address on Wednesday for the state's legislature to ignore pressure from gun lobbies and deliver New York the toughest gun laws in the nation.
On September 10, voters in two districts will have the chance to re-elect or oust their incumbent Democratic state representatives who are being targeted for supporting tougher gun laws in Colorado.
Creeden was the fourth teenager in a row at CPAC to tell me they'd be willing to strengthen federal gun laws in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — a stark contrast to the event's official speakers and many other CPAC attendees.
In the wake of increased gun violence in New York and two mass shootings in the nation in the last few weeks, a State Senator is proposing stricter gun laws that he says could give New York the toughest gun laws in the country.
Reiff attached a copy of the planned mailing, which praises the incumbent governor on several issues - saying, for example that he «passed the toughest gun laws in the country» - and concludes: «On November 4th, vote for Dan Malloy.»
Did the strict gun laws in France stop the massacres?
«With this legislation, we can sever the undeniable connection between domestic abuse and deadly gun violence, and continue to build upon the strongest gun laws in the nation.»
While the database may be a dud so far, Cuomo has continued to speak up, calling for Congress to enact tougher gun laws in the wake of mass shootings at Orlando, Fla., and San Bernardino, Cal.
«He will not walk away from his record of progressive accomplishments over the past four years, including passing the toughest gun laws in the nation, marriage equality, an increase to the minimum wage and funding universal pre-K,» spokeswoman Candice Giove wrote in an email.
In 2014 — Senator Klein was the prime sponsor of the New York SAFE Act — watershed legislation that provided New York with the toughest gun laws in the nation.
New York now has the smartest gun laws in the nation.
In the months following the massacre, New York and Connecticut enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.
We passed one of the strongest gun laws in the nation and strive to keep dangerous weapons out of children's hands; they want to repeal it and bring guns into our schools.»
They want to send a message to Congress to support changes in gun laws in wake of the Parkland, Florida school shootings.
Connecticut has passed some of the strictest gun laws in the country, including measures enacted after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, when a gunman killed 20 schoolchildren and six staff members before killing himself.