Sentences with phrase «gun safety groups»
Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.
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Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.
According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.
As President Donald Trump addresses the National Rifle Association this week, a leading gun - safety group is looking to make an example out of suburban Republicans.
«That normalizes the carrying of guns on all American streets,» said John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that advocates gun control measures.
Both groups are meeting with legislators, urging them to pass gun control, school safety and mental health measures in the remaining weeks of the annual legislative session.
Anne Musial is a 39 - year - old gun owner in Austin and a board member with Texas Gun Sense, a gun - safety group.
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.
«It's too early to read the tea leaves in DC, but we know the public wants action,» John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, said.
Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.
«States like New York with strong gun laws are proof that deaths can be prevented with common - sense gun safety measures,» said Peter Ambler, the group's executive director.
«The mass shooting in Parkland, Florida — the 18th at a school this year alone — lays bare the all - too - tragic reality that all face: we are not doing enough to keep violent weapons out of the hands of those who are a threat and danger to public safety,» said Gounardes, referring to a statistic on school shootings by the Everytown gun control group that has been disputed as inaccurate.
He supported the bipartisan gun control and school safety legislation that passed after Sandy Hook but recently told a gun rights group that he regretted his vote.
Berman was once a senior adviser to Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group established by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Liuni noted that the gun rights groups included many police officers, veterans and responsible, law abiding gun owners who sought to make society safer through gun safety education and advocacy.
«He won't own up to the backroom deals he is making with groups like the Family Institute of Connecticut and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League that want to ban gay marriage and repeal our gun safety laws,» Connecticut Democrats said in a fundraising email.
Putnam said he couldn't have signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act as it was, though he added that if he were to be elected Governor, the self - proclaimed «NRA sellout» would enforce the law that has led to a lawsuit from the gun group, and a ritual defenestration of House Speaker Richard Corcoran for pushing the gun control bill through.
At 9 a.m., gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the group and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.
Everytown for Gun Safety, a group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has launched an ad campaign urging Georgia's Republican governor to veto legislation allowing guns on college campuses.
Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun violence prevention group with ties to former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is endorsing Clinton for president today, arguing that she is the most likely candidate to take action to toughen the nation's gun laws.
Sources said the task force will have working groups in three main areas: gun control, school safety, and mental health.
In recent years, Jackson has also worked closely with community groups to reduce the number of guns on city streets and advocating for stronger gun safety legislation.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group he founded, after the national debate over gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.
The deal that the McAuliffe administration hammered out with GOP legislative leaders and the NRA caught gun - safety groups off guard.
On my way, I messaged my friend Lea — essential oil safety advocate and founder of the Using Essential Oils Safely Facebook group — to ask what «big guns» she might suggest if the culture came back positive.
The Hollywood Reporter says industry insiders have told them gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety have made badges for stars to wear to the event to show their support for calls to change gun laws.
In a pre-emptive move against a school safety proposal from the National Rifle Association that is expected to include a call for more people trained and approved to carry guns at schools, a coalition of civil rights groups unveiled its own safety plan Thursday.
Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun - control - advocacy group, analyzed FBI data on mass shootings from 2009 to 2016 and found that in 54 percent of cases, the victims included the shooter's current or former spouse or intimate partner, or another family member — and 16 percent of attackers between 2009 and 2015 had previously been charged with domestic violence.
On 20 February 2018, as a group of students from the Parkland, Florida mass shooting attack traveled to their state capitol to lobby for tighter gun safety measures, far right conspiracy blogs pushed increasingly hysterical claims that at least one of the survivors of the massacre was a «deep state» pawn.
The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.
The Women's March, Everytown for Gun Safety and the gun violence prevention group founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords provided heavy support for the march, opening the youths up to criticism that they are just pawns of left - wing organizations that have been fighting guns for years.
Kinsell - Meier, who lives in Highland, said she's «liked» the gun - safety advocacy group's Facebook page for years, but after the Feb. 14 school...
Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.
Citing mass shootings in Parkland, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, the anti-gun violence group founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords launched an ad campaign Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott «for repeatedly siding with the gun lobby over public safety.»
They have also partnered with well - funded liberal groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control advocacy group founded by former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
The cover was revealed two days before the students and their allies rally in Washington for the March for Our Lives, a demonstration organized by the student group #NeverAgain and the gun control organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
A prominent coordinator of Saturday's rallies was Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun - control group founded by billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.