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WASHINGTON — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect...
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Remington also said sales could be hurt by more government regulation, including enhanced background checks and a broader definition of «dealer» under current gun laws.
In 2017, for example, Republicans largely voted along party lines to do away with an Obama - era regulation designed to keep guns out of the hands of some people with severe mental illness (Republican senators were joined by four Democrats in this vote).
The recent move by Twitter to verify the students is yet another example of how big the current discussion around gun regulation has become, and an example of how the company hopes to add credibility to users who are at the center of a debate riddled with misinformation.
* DEMS LAUNCH GUN ADS AIMED AT SUBURBANITES: NBC News reports that the gun regulation group run by Gabrielle Giffords is launching ads going after Republicans in the Nevada Senate race and multiple House races.
In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.
State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.
Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama - era regulations on guns, the internet and the environment, which they accomplished by employing an obscure legislative rule.
But there are limits on gun ownership today, so I don't see where exactly the line is on regulation that is allowed by the second amendement and which kind of regulations would violate the second amendment.
compiled by the Martin Prosperity Institute, states with tighter gun control regulations experience
A bill, sponsored by state Senator Rob Ortt, R - North Tonawanda, is currently being considered by the Legislature to repeal the gun regulations everywhere but New York City.
The state's SAFE ACT, a package of gun - safety regulations signed into law by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in 2013, requires gun owners to «safely store» their firearms if they live in a household with a felon or someone who has been involuntarily committed due to mental health illness.
The mayor cited strict gun laws that are already on the books in New York City and state but said lawmakers here are «constantly challenged by the massive flow of guns from around the rest of the country and the lack of any meaningful regulation nationally.»
Animated by a wave of polling since the Florida massacre, Democratic governors warned that candidates would pay a political price for opposing new gun regulations, and some of their Republican counterparts conceded that the pleas of voters could no longer be ignored as they increasingly abandon the party.
The gun regulation bill still awaits approval by the NYS Assembly and Governor Cuomo, who is its biggest backer.
Regulations in NY SAFE, the new gun control law passed this week by the state of New York, preclude the release of gun permit information for a 120 - period, allowing gun - owners to request a privacy exemption.
«If a gun regulation is most likely to be enacted in jurisdictions that have recently experienced a surge in gun violence and if that surge is temporary, the result will be that implementation of the new measure is followed by a drop in crime, giving the false appearance that it was effective,» the researchers wrote.
By focusing on the specific (and frequently heartbreaking) stories of the aforementioned parents, former Congresswoman and gun - violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts — who was motivated to action by Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the film lays out the gaping holes in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples of activism in the face of what often feels like an insurmountable probleBy focusing on the specific (and frequently heartbreaking) stories of the aforementioned parents, former Congresswoman and gun - violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts — who was motivated to action by Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the film lays out the gaping holes in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples of activism in the face of what often feels like an insurmountable probleby Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the film lays out the gaping holes in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples of activism in the face of what often feels like an insurmountable problem.
Although such regulations may be well - meant, the unintended consequences have striking parallels to the gun control study by Kates and Mauser.
Modern juries have protected their communities by refusing to convict individuals prosecuted for victimless licensing violations in cases related to raw milk, for conveying political messages in chalk on public sidewalks, for victimless violations of gun regulations inadvertently committed when crossing state lines, for victimless cases of medical and recreational use of drugs, and much more.
Spearheaded by Stoneman Douglas student activists, the town halls aim to keep the issue of gun violence at the forefront after hundreds of thousands of people marched last month in Washington and other cities, demanding stricter regulations on weapons.
A handful of commissioners floated proposals that would impose stricter gun regulations, such as a ban on assault - style weapons, following the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in which 14 students and three staff members were shot dead by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz.
They are kept on paper instead, a move heavily promoted by gun - rights activists who seek to limit gun regulations.