Sentences with phrase «gun ownership laws»

We seek numerous reforms to gun ownership laws including raising the minimum age to purchase assault weapons, mandatory background checks, mandatory waiting periods, and gun violence restraining orders.

If there is a constitutional argument against mandatory gun ownership laws, it does not stem from the 2nd Amendment.

Despite New York City's restrictive gun ownership laws, the NYPD recorded 518 shootings with 621 victims through July 24.

the Colorado state government which still does not have strict and enforced gun ownership laws.

Not exact matches

The ban is just one of many restrictive laws on gun ownership in the U.K., but it's an important one.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

A day after the Parkland shooting, the Oregon state legislature closed what was called the «Boyfriend Loophole» in its laws about gun ownership among those convicted of domestic violence.

Oregon Live reports that the state has banned gun ownership by anyone convicted of domestic violence since 2015, but the law did not apply to abusers who were not married to, had no children with, or did not live with their victims.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has ruled that bump stocks do not violate laws that tightly limit ownership of machine guns, and some lawmakers have called for them to be banned.

Furthermore, the law restricted ownership of firearms to»... persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a (gun) permit.»

So, long story short - local governments can restrict gun ownership and carry laws in the interest of national safety.

Heller dealt with a strict District of Columbia law that banned ownership of any handgun in the district and also required that any gun (even rifles and shotguns) should be kept unloaded and under the control of a trigger lock at all times when not in use.

«Anthony Brindisi recognizes that respecting responsible gun ownership is consistent with strong, effective gun laws,» said former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, co-founder of Giffords.

I understand that Canada also has widespread gun ownership and much more liberal gun laws than we have with proportionately fewer incidents of gun crime than the US.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

Hi Sara Surely one also has to take into account other factors outside of gun ownership and gun laws in counter-examples?

Federal law bans gun ownership by those convicted in domestic violence cases, but the law varies by state and how it is enforced, as well as how it is reported to authorities, state officials said.

Still, they maintain that elements that impede gun ownership needn't apply for law - abiding gun owners across most of the state.

That includes legislation to restrict access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse, which has been proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and tightening other laws for gun ownership.

WHEREAS, requiring law - abiding gun owners to verify ownership of certain types of firearms every five years, in addition to registering them on their permits, which now also must be renewed every 5 years, does not increase the safety of the public and is unnecessarily burdensome to the residents of New York State; and

WHEREAS, while there are some areas of the legislation that the Orleans County Legislature finds encouraging, such as addressing glaring shortcomings in the mental health system, the strengthening of Kendra's Law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; Law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; and

Support for the law came mainly from downstate urban areas where gun crime is a big problem and opposition from rural regions where responsible gun ownership is the norm, Little said.

This version, if approved, would repeal numerous key provisions of the law in Upstate New York and Long Island, including the five - year recertification requirement for pistol permits, restrictictions on the transfer of gun ownership to family members and the law's definition of an assault weapon.

Syracuse, NY — At 6:45 p.m., the last few dozen people were still waiting to get through security to attend a 6 p.m. meeting at the Onondaga County Courthouse about the new New York law that restricts certain types of gun ownership.

Among the findings was that lifting restrictions on concealed carry guns increases violent crime and that laws restricting gun ownership for people convicted of domestic violence reduced killings of female domestic partners.

He is a natural for the role: he has published dozens of papers on the effects of guns in the U.S., where widespread gun ownership and loose laws make it easy for criminals and potentially violent people to obtain firearms.

He had argued that the association between more laws and fewer deaths disappeared when the authors accounted for firearm ownership in a state — meaning that it is impossible to say whether the restrictive gun laws save lives by inhibiting gun ownership or whether laws are simply easier to enact in states in which ownership rates are already low.

One of the paper's authors, Eric Fleegler, an emergency physician at Boston Children's Hospital, responds that, «when you look at firearm - related homicides, even controlling for firearm ownership, firearm - related homicides do decrease in states with more gun laws.»

Edward McDonald, the prosecutor in «Goodfellas» and Dechert partner: «I would abolish the Second Amendment to the Constitution and then create laws restricting gun ownership to only the most limited circumstances.»

There are conditions and a law for gun ownership bans in California that are in no other states.

Berman's post also indirectly responds to Scott Greenfield's question about how we can justify felon gun possession laws if handgun ownership is a fundamental right.

If you think this line of argument seems silly, would someone please explain how this law is any different from the proposals of the so - called «gun grabbers» to require law - abiding gun owners to register their weapons, and to restrict the right to ownership of certain kinds of weapons that are clearly designed only to kill human beings on an industrial scale?

The report looks at gun laws in a number of broad areas: classes of weapons, restrictions on sales and transfers, gun dealers, gun ownership, consumer and child safety, and crime detection (ballistic identification, retention of sales records, background checks).

So would you also be arguing that no law can place any restrictions whatsoever on gun ownership (even by terrorists, violent murderers, etc.) or speech (even defamatory, riot - inciting, etc.)?

Under existing law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, is barred from computerizing its gun ownership records.

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