Sentences with phrase «gun rights by»

A state senator in Georgia who is running for governor is asserting his stance on gun rights by giving away a bump stock «to one lucky winner» in the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting.

Dueling ads on gun rights by the National Rifle Association and a group backed by New York Mayor Bloomberg have joined the onslaught of campaign ads in Virginia's elections this year.

Dueling ads on gun rights by the National Rifle Association and a group backed by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have joined the onslaught of campaign advertising in Virginia's elections this year.

If the government could single out individuals for removal of gun rights by putting them on watchlists without any sort of due process, the entire point of the second amendment is defeated.

Not exact matches

And I am surrounded by the right people who stick to their guns when the going got tough.

A disability rights groups in Texas wants to make sure people who've been disabled by gun violence in Texas get a chance to talk to lawmakers.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite what the research says.

The only reason more people weren't shot: Shaw reportedly rushed the gunman while he reloaded, «grabbed the gun's barrel, pulled it away and threw it over the Waffle House counter,» suffering a gunshot wound and second - degree burns on his right hand from the weapon's barrel while disarming the shooter, later identified by police as 29 - year - old Travis Reinking.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

Other right - wing conspiracy theorists falsely claimed the shooting was a staged «false flag» operation, and that the student organizers were secretly being led by «left wing gun control activists,» the Miami Herald reported.

Sitting with a group of Democrats and Republicans, including some who are backed by the NRA, Trump made what sounded like an extraordinary break with the powerful gun - rights organization.

«I Don't Take the Easy Road»: In the wake of the Parkland shooting, Republican Representative Brian Mast of Florida, dubbed the ultimate «good guy with a gun» by gun - rights supporters, began advocating for gun control.

Of course that would contradict the «right to choose their own faith» aspect, as it should be well known that there was plenty of conversion by the sword / gun in those days.

Only by reducing the love affair Americans have with guns can we start to reduce the macho gun owner mentality (and I know many gun owners... most are hunters, and I have no issue with that, but no deer was ever so formidable that anyone ever needed an assault rifle to take it down (and I've caught wild turkey with nothing but snare traps) People get up in arms caliming their rights are violated when some law limits guns, but that does not remove the right to bear arms, simply limits it to reason within the spirit of the amendment.

Do not doubt for a second that if more of us left our bubbles, abandoned culture wars, locked up our guns safe behind our legal right to own them and brought the physical presence of Christ into the communities stricken by violence, we would see dramatically less devastation — by gun or otherwise.

i find it interesting that CNN has this article right by the one about Arkansas allowing guns in churches

The Aurora, CO shooter tried to get a membership to a gun range in Denver and was refused by the range master because he felt something was just not right about the guys mental state.

However, if any pandering pol tries to use one act by lunatic as an excuse to «regulate» my 2nd amendment rights, which is just a first baby step to ultimately confiscating all guns in the US, then I will do everything in my power to get him out of office.

Mr Romero was gunned down by right - wing death squads on March 24 1980, as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel.

There're only a couple of way the retarded religious right will return the USA to a 50s like society: with guns (as hinted at by Glenn Beck) and / or if they propogate like rabbits (to produce children they can indoctrinate into their cult because they are not attracting many new members).

There are 260 million americans and a bill of rights and many millions of gun owners who have nothing to do with mass shooting yet you want to make the difference by banning something that affects 3 million plus law abiding citizens... to stop.008 % of murders???

Someone can get you to say that 1 + 1 = 3 by holding a gun to your head, or some other hell - like threat, but it wouldn't actually make that math true, right?

Chris, so defending your life, fighting for your freedom of religion, speech and guns, that was wrong because he didn't believe in your flavor of god???? So, he should just let you get taken by the Taliban because he doesn't know right from wrong, being that he is non christian... good to know.

Funny how our rights are being systematically taken away by people with guns who can kill anyone and get away with it.

Now, these are all good, dependable footballers in their own right but for a side that is managed by Mourinho, going for silverware from the word go, gunning to win the Premier League for the first time in five, soon - to - be-six years, it is clearly not good enough.

«We'll write a limit bet [on the Browns] by a wiseguy right at the gun.»

I am pretty sure this outfit was inspired by the Guns n» Roses concert I had just attended right before styling it.

«New Yorkers are frustrated with the lack of progress on issues like voting reforms, gun violence prevention, women's rights, and so many more that have been held up by the Senate Republicans for far too long.»

In statements released by Schneiderman's campaign, the three lawmakers touted the candidate's work to on gun reforms and efforts to preserve «reproductive freedom,» marriage equality, and farm workers rights.

Students at a Brooklyn rally organized by Borough President Eric Adams, declared war on lawmakers who have resisted meaningful gun control, and registered for their own weapons — the right to vote.

In a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back then).

The crux of this is not the degree to which guns are or are not protected by the Bill of Rights, though that does come into play when comparing these restrictions vs being able to travel on commercial airlines, for example.

Importantly, the Court did not overturn existing precedent that some in the camp favoring a limit to gun ownership rights point to as an indication that the militia clause is important, but rather found a way to uphold that precedent by clarifying its interpretation.

Thousands of gun rights supporters have rallied at the New York state Capitol against gun control measures championed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

This case has attracted the attention of virtually every major gun control and gun rights organization in the nation, many of which have filed briefs either in support of or against the original suit filed by the New York State Rife & Pistol Association.

Supporters of gun rights have argued the remedies proposed by gun control advocates won't prevent another shooting, leaving them to push for school safety measures.

NYSRPA believes that 38 RCNY infringes upon the Second Amendment by denying the specifically enumerated civil right to possess and carry a firearm for personal defense as well as completely prohibiting residents from practicing safe gun handling at a firearms range or participating in shooting events located outside the borders of the City of New York.

The upstaters backed Flanagan despite a push by many in the region, including gun rights activists, to install DeFrancisco.

On the day the city celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders in southeast Queens urged residents and law enforcement agencies to continue the civil rights leader's work for peace by getting guns off the streets.

A man speaks at a town hall meeting on gun violence and control held by congressional candidate Pat Ryan (at right with mic) at Kingston Library Tuesday evening.

The gun rights folks would tell you the AR - 15 is a «common weapon», and in a numerical sense, they are absolutely correct, as they are extremely popular, common, and frequently used by sportsmen and hunters.

While some gun rights advocates hailed the MOU as a step in the right direction toward their ultimate goal of full repeal, something to which the governor would never agree, others derided it as meaningless lip service, and an effort by Cuomo to help Flanagan placate those on the right who are still seething over his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act in January 2013.

LaPierre's attack is an instant fundraising tool for a governor who has made gun control a front - and - center issue for him in a blue state where there's little downside, by and large, to drawing the ire of the gun - rights group.

The GOP - led Senate did approve at package of changes to the SAFE Act after Flanagan was elected majority leader, partially in response to concerns raised by upstate Republicans and gun - rights advocates who question his vote in favor of the SAFE Act.

Interestingly enough, because in the US you have the right to appeal to a higher court if you don't like the decision of a lower court, many times states will find very popular gun control bills struck down by a Federal court who tells them that in the pure legal sense, their gun control laws are unconstitutional.

ALBANY — Thousands of gun rights supporters rallied outside New York's Capitol Tuesday to call for the repeal of gun control measures championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which they intend to use as a rallying cry in the fall elections.

Speaking at a 1/19/2013 New City gun rights rally covered by the Rockland County Times, Sparaco said, «Look around you here now, we are the militia, and we will not be infringed.

ALBANY — Thousands of gun rights supporters rallied outside New York's Capitol Tuesday to call for the repeal of gun control measures championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which they intend...