Sentences with phrase «gun legislation under»
Concerns that the government could pass stricter gun legislation under Democratic President Barack Obama led to record purchasing.
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Cuomo's actions were illegal, done under the cover of night behind closed doors, ABSOLUTELY NO PUBLIC INPUT WAS ALLOWED, and he did it to be the first in the US to pass any gun control legislation before Obama!
Under heavy pressure from an influential gun - control group, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would introduce legislation expanding universal background checks — following through on a months - long pledge to bring forward the bill.
He's charged that Cuomo badly fumbled his handling of an anti corruption commission, - the panel is now under federal investigation, - and that the governor was too hasty in passing what Astorino says is flawed gun control legislation.
Nassau gun owners would have to store their firearms in locked vaults or use other accessories to secure their guns under legislation introduced by county Democratic legislators.
While current County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, has already signed an executive order banning the gun shows — a reinstatement of a previous ban that lapsed under Astorino — unlike the order, the passage of a more formal piece of legislation would permanently ban the shows in the future.
He's charged that Cuomo badly fumbled his handling of an anti-corruption commission which is now under federal investigation, and that the governor was too hasty in passing what Astorino says is flawed gun control legislation.
With a global climate treaty under negotiation and legislation pending in the United States, the climate panel has found itself in the political cross hairs, its judgments provoking passions normally reserved for issues like abortion and guns.