Sentences with phrase «gun reforms after»

President Obama supported comprehensive gun reforms after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, but the effort ultimately failed in Congress.

When Congress failed to pass gun reform after Sandy Hook, it was baffling.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN)- From the nation's capital to the hallways of the Florida Capitol, parents and students confronted lawmakers Wednesday to demand gun reform after a massacre at a high school in Parkland.

Not exact matches

Just days after a gunman opened fire at her school and killed 17 of her peers, Florida high school senior Emma Gonzalez used her voice to call national attention to gun law reform.

In the weeks after the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, Trump has, at turns, been sympathetic to student survivors who are demanding action to address gun violence, and he has sought to appease gun - rights proponents who are impervious to calls for reform.

«WE ARE KIDS»: An aide to Florida state Representative Shawn Harrison has been fired after he called students advocating for gun reform «crisis actors.»

Indivisible, a progressive organizing group founded after the 2016 election, is backing the April 20 walkout and helping Murdock and some of her fellow students organize — and some students indicated that the April 20 event is a bit more of an open political push for gun reform.

Election experts say Facebook must crack down on inflammatory ads on politically divisive issues such as immigration reform and gun rights, which were used to influence voters during and after the presidential campaign.

In the weeks after former student Nikolas Cruz's Valentine's Day massacre, Runcie was hailed for his calm leadership and outspoken embrace of gun reform and the #NeverAgain movement.

Less than a week after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the surviving students — who are barely old enough to vote — have become some of the loudest and most prominent voices for gun control reform.

After the failure of the gun reform amendments in the U.S. Senate, Senators Chris Murphy (D - CT) and Cory Booker (D - NJ) held a question - and - answer session with the public via Facebook Live.

However, a previous gun amnesty, which was carried out in 1996, allowed the government to buy back almost 700,000 newly outlawed guns though the one in 1996 was for guns that were outlawed after gun reforms.

Three years after NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer, who has worked on de Blasio's successful universal pre-K initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Obama's campaign, to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

Asked about the difference in policy, Mark - Viverito said she hoped Hochul would reflect her new statewide standing, and pointed to the example of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who quickly evolved from prior positions as a gun rights supporter skeptical of immigration reform, after she was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

Three years after First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

The president and Congress have faced mounting calls to reform gun laws after 17 were killed on Valentine's Day at a Florida school.

Just two days after New York legislators passed first - in - the - nation gun law reforms in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, the state's chief financial officer says pension fund investments in firearm companies have been frozen.

On Friday, he pleaded for gun reform again, this time after a shooting not far from his city.

After granting few interviews in her first few months, Hochul sat for a nearly half - hour with WCNY's Susan Arbetter, in an attempt to rebut criticism of what the Times referred to as her «deeply troubling record on health reform, gun control and environmental deregulation.»

As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.

As America has suffered through mass shooting after mass shooting, it often seems there is an unbridgeable chasm between activists calling for reforms and gun rights purists who have worked to redefine the meaning of the Second Amendment through the courts and exercise outsize influence on legislatures.

The day after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were killed, Mackenzie Daly wrote to then - President Barack Obama about gun reform.

Two months after it passed the state legislature, Florida's latest gun reform law is still under scrutiny from gun control and pro-gun advocates alike.

Romano, who is serving a 20 - year sentence for attempted murder and reckless endangerment, wrote a letter to the Times Union pledging to advocate for gun safety and mental health reform after his release.

After the reform, fewer people had access to army - issued guns — and the suicide rate dipped down by about two per 100,000 men age 18 — 43.

After reviewing shows on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, Media Matter found that segments covered substantial education policy issues — school reform, teacher tenure, the Common Core State Standards, school choice, early childhood education and guns in schools — but typically failed to include educator input.

The legislation, which did not include any gun law reforms, was introduced in the weeks after 17 people died in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Gov. Rick Scott signed a school safety and gun reform bill after meeting with the families of the Stoneman Douglas massacre Friday.

Or will this gun reform effort fade like the ones did after horrific previous events such as Sandy Hook?

«It's so heartening to see this,» said Beck, who said she became involved with gun - reform organizations after the Sandy Hook massacre («when my son was in kindergarten»).

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Rick Scott signed a school safety and gun reform bill after meeting with the families of the Stoneman Douglas massacre Friday.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School families are on their way to St. Petersburg to push again for tougher gun restrictions after they say state lawmakers did not do enough with the gun reform law passed late last week.

Almost immediately after the incident, outcries of protest spread across the country with celebrities, news anchors, former presidents, and Olympic athletes utilizing their powerful platforms to call for the immediate reform of current gun control legislation.

As thousands of students rallied outside the Florida Capitol, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students took their call for gun control reform inside Wednesday, just one week after they lost 14 friends and three mentors in a mass shooting.