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In the wake of the murder of 49 people and the wounding of 53 in Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored: expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying gunIn the wake of the murder of 49 people and the wounding of 53 in Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored: expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying gunin Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored: expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying guns.

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Republican leaders in the House and Senate say they will consider proposals including raising age restrictions for gun purchases and the red - flag bill regarding temporarily taking away someone's guns if they are deemed a threat to others.

The gun violence restraining order proposal would give judges in North Carolina a tool similar to domestic violence restraining orders to temporarily but rapidly remove weapons from the hands of people exhibiting threatening or dangerous behavior.

WASHINGTON — Action on gun legislation skidded to a halt Thursday in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump's stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next.

President Trump backed a Senate proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

In between, he dismissed an NRA - backed proposal to expand gun owners» ability to carry concealed weapons, saying it would spoil the package he wants lawmakers to assemble.

Trump pressed lawmakers to send him «one terrific bill» combining several proposals aimed at reducing gun violence, although that could complicate the legislative outlook for such a contentious issue in an election year.

The US's gun problem is so dire that it arguably needs solutions that go way further than what we typically see in mainstream proposals — at least, if the US ever hopes to get down to European levels of gun violence.

While legislation like that might have prevented some mass shootings, those two proposals wouldn't necessarily be top priority for reducing gun violence in urban areas, like Chicago or Philadelphia.

Trump is meeting with video game executives this week to discuss violence in gaming and has delayed rolling out a proposal on gun reforms.

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issuIn light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issuin January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issue.

We will see it again when responsible gun owners choose not to report their ownership of their assault weapons (in Feinstein's proposal).

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 %...

Kansas schools that refuse to allow teachers to carry guns could be held legally responsible in the event of a tragedy under a proposal drafted after last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school.

In the first Illinois test of public opinion on the handgun issue, Arlington Heights residents said «no «Tuesday to an advisory referendum proposal that guns be banned from the northwestern suburb.

Clearly concerned about slipping poll numbers in Iowa, Hillary Clinton's campaign went after Bernie Sanders this week, attacking him over past gun - control votes and his health care proposals.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

President Donald Trump backed a U.S. Senate proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

President Donald Trump's proposal to raise the minimum age for buying a long gun to 21 would fail in the Senate, the body's No. 2 Republican, Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, has warned, arguing that such a measure would not save lives.

The proposal was filed as an amendment to the gun control bill last week, but things ground to a halt in the Senate after every major gun control proposal failed.

The state's influential Conservative Party this morning, meanwhile, released a legislative memo opposing the proposal to require up to $ 1 million in limited liability insurance for gun owners.

Democrats in the state Senate, fed up with gun - control bills going nowhere in the GOP - controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement this weekend criticized a budget proposal from President Donald Trump that would cut funding for background checks for gun purchases.

Cuomo has already rolled out a series of proposals over the last several weeks for the new year, beginning with a new gun control measure designed to take guns away from domestic abusers to combating student loan and spending $ 34 million to overhaul Stewart Airport in the Hudson Valley to name three of the more than a dozen or so proposals unspooled.

The proposal proved controversial for gun owners, especially in upstate New York, and led to a drop in Cuomo's popularity in the region.

The proposals would end the ban on giving long guns as gifts to relatives and pistol permit holders, repeal a provision in the law that limits 10 - round magazines to seven rounds and end the requirement for ammunition retailers to register with the state and provide background checks on customers.

You can not undo what has been done, but you can accomplish something very powerful and positive by creating a capital campaign that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, as reported in your 12/31/12 edition.

Mr. Trump has cycled through a number of proposals — including some gun limits deemed unacceptable by the N.R.A. — in the days since the rampage killed 14 students and three adults last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla..

ALBANY — The Republican - led state Senate on Monday approved bills intended to improve school safety in the wake of the latest school shooting massacre, but only after voting down a number of Democratic gun - control proposals and trading insults.

«The practical problem is that the Assembly and the Senate are pretty far apart in their approach to new gun laws... And since Cuomo is coming late to these proposals, there's no great cost to him if they fail to be enacted, which seems likely.»

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.

«The proposals the governor has made are very positive proposals, but they will probably only work in the context of some federal legislation on the regulation of guns, and particularly the transport of guns across state borders and national borders.»

In the last week or so, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have clashed over what they'd like to see in the gun safety proposalIn the last week or so, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have clashed over what they'd like to see in the gun safety proposalin the gun safety proposals.

In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (Bill) Clintonian - rolling out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York for growth, and liberal social policies like marriage equality and gun control.

There are some proposals that demand a «line in the sand» position, namely: abortion expansion, the oxymoron «same sex marriage» and the war on law abiding gun owners (e.g. SAFE).

After the Parkland, Fla., school shooting in February, Cuomo and state lawmakers introduced new proposals to strengthen gun laws.

A polarized US Senate voted against expanding background checks for more gun purchases, rejecting the proposal a day after the latest mass shooting left 14 people dead in California.

Additionally, many of the proposals in this legislation do nothing to reduce gun violence, but inhibit the abilities of law abiding citizens to protect their families and participate in recreational sportsmen activities.

In an effort to further mollify their conference, the Senate Republican leadership distributed to their members a one - page handout listing 15 «rejected Democrat proposals,» crediting themselves with rebuffing, among other things, a suggestion to confiscate guns now deemed assault weapons and limit gun purchases to one per month.

Mr. Cuomo had been a longtime supporter of gun control, and after the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., last summer, he instructed his aides to begin developing new gun control proposals.

While Republican senators have been loath to tackle gun control issues since allowing Cuomo's SAFE Act to the floor in 2013, both senators confirmed that there still is discussion about the governor's proposals to take guns from people accused of domestic violence.

Tom Foley, the Republican running for governor in Connecticut, said on Tuesday he supports a gun restriction proposal by his opponent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Only days after calling for an overhaul of gun control in New York following the Connecticut school shooting, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tough proposal on gun control is ready to become law.

State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney speaks during a press conference on an agreement on proposals for gun control in the state Monday evening.

Tuesday the group called on lawmakers to pass legislation mandating that guns be stored in a safe or equipped with a gun lock, along with another proposal that would require all semi-automatic handguns sold in the state to be equipped with a device that stamps a unique code into a shell casing each time the gun is fired, making it easier for authorities to track guns used in shootings.

Republican lawmakers in Albany are pushing a new proposal to repeal New York state's 2013 gun control law, the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, or SAFE Act.

Schumer says the proposal would hurt «one of the only firewalls» now in place to stop dangerous people from buying guns.

He later told reporters that Felder's decision to deprive his own party of Senate control allows Republicans to block proposals to strengthen gun control laws, reform the state's antiquated voting rules or rein in the state's lax campaign finance laws.

Malloy said his latest proposal, alongside Connecticut's «toughest - in - the - nation» gun law, would make Connecticut safer.