Sentences with phrase «gun legislation since»

The state hasn't passed any new gun legislation since Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through several restrictions on firearms five years ago via the SAFE Act in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting.

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They survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this past Valentine's Day that killed 17 of their peers and teachers and have since appeared on countless cable - news segments and magazine covers calling for stricter gun legislation.

The rest of the country should take up legislation similar to the SAFE Act gun control measure approved in 2013 in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement said Thursday following of the deadliest mass shootings at a school since Sandy Hook in Connecticut.

The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

Lawmakers have since February debated gun control legislation that include measures geared toward strengthening background checks, banning bump stocks and making it harder for the dangerously mentally ill to purchase a firearm.

Candidates were asked about specific legislation they would endorse to curb gun violence and if they supported arming teachers, proposals floated by Trump and the NRA since a massacre at Florida high school killed 17 in February.

It was a ruling on who starts the process, who fires the starting gun and in upholding the principle of parliamentary sovereignty... the judges said that since it was legislation that took us in, it should be parliament that takes the decision to start that process and not the government.»

Other private corporations since the shooting have revised their policies in the absence of gun - control legislation, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Best Western and MetLife, which stopped giving discounts and perks to members of the National Rifle Association.

Dozens of Democratic House and Senate lawmakers have been occupying the House floor since late Wednesday morning, calling on Ryan and other GOP leaders hold a vote on legislation to prevent terrorists from purchasing guns in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Meanwhile, the state Senate Republicans have refused to take up any gun control legislation since the passage of the SAFE Act, which infuriated their conservative base.

Kim's mother has since written about her support for gun control legislation, while a GoFundMe page in Kim's honour said she was «a senior Girl Scout and loved by many».

In related news, Fahy has picked up legislation that has been kicking around since 2011 that would provide a tax credit worth up to $ 500 to those who purchase gun safety equipment, such as a gun safe or trigger lock.

ALBANY — Monday marks the fifth anniversary since the SAFE Act gun control legislation became law.

Since the Parkland tragedy, the national news has been filled with the school's student survivors, who rose up to protest school shootings and demand — in eloquent and defiant terms — tighter gun legislation.

Hogg, who has become a high - profile advocate for tighter gun safety legislation since the attack, said during the interview that: «I think it's disgusting, personally.

Hogg is among other vocal survivors of gun violence who have been leading efforts to promote gun - regulation legislation since the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.

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.

As evidenced by the 407 to 10 vote, the legislation doesn't tackle anything controversial dealing with guns that has been proposed since the Feb. 14 shooting in which a former student killed 17 people and wounded 17 others at the Parkland school.

It's the first piece of state legislation since 1996 to add restrictions on guns.