Sentences with phrase «gun sales»

Federal law requires background checks for gun sales by licensed dealers, but there are holes in the system.

But whether those changes will actually have a meaningful effect on gun sales is difficult — if not impossible — to know.

The graphic showed a stunning spike in gun sales across the country.

22 percent of gun sales in this country take place without a background check.

And regardless of intensity, the public as a whole is remarkably united behind at least modest measures to restrict gun sales.

The new law expanded the ban on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety.

The bills include a measure that would limit gun sales to an individual to one per 30 days and creates a 10 - day wait period.

Except they literally make no money from gun sales.

And federal law prohibits gun sales to anyone under indictment for a felony.

Similar patterns occur with gun sales, which frequently rise when gun control measures are proposed.

We could create a federal database to track gun sales.

It's their interest that gun sales don't decrease.

It also includes measures meant to strengthen gun sale background checks and improve school safety.

Background checks are a strong proxy for monthly gun sales, whose figures manufacturers do not publicly release.

What people are failing to talk about is the fact that this referendum goes far beyond gun sales.

This spike in gun sales, and thus likely increased access and exposure to guns, prompted the researchers to explore whether there was a similar spike in accidental deaths related to firearms.

-- A bill to enhance the information reported to a criminal background check system, which is used for gun sales.

A 1968 law prohibits gun sales to a narrow slice of people with a history of mental illness, but it's easy for others to slip through the cracks.

Connecticut Gov. Dannell Malloy said last week he wants an executive order to ban gun sales in his state by suspected terrorists and is working with the Department of Justice on accessing the databases.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) has caved and signed a ban on private on gun sales after running a gubernatorial campaign in which he rejected the need for more gun control.

Companies like L.L. Bean, Walmart Inc., Kroger Co. and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. have all announced new gun sales policies in the wake of the massacre in Parkland, Fla..

Yet that didn't make gun sales spike.

Schneiderman also distanced himself from Cuomo while discussing his efforts to tighten enforcement of background checks and gun sales at gun shows around the state.

In response to Kleck's concerns about the «astounding» increase in deaths, McKnight says that the new gun sales accounted for only part of the increased exposure after Sandy Hook; people removing their guns from storage to inspect or clean them could also have contributed.

In the House, Rep. Mike Thompson (D - CA) has a filed a discharge petition for his bipartisan proposal with Rep. Peter King (R - NY)-- a congressional maneuver that could force the speaker of the House to bring up a vote on a bill that gives states resources to expand background checks system and closes a number of gun sale loopholes for guns sold online or at gun shows.

Gov. Rick Scott signed new measures regulating gun sales after the shooting, but the city leaders said the new rules don't go far enough.

While county Democrats contend that the shows would increase the likelihood of illegal gun sales as well as work to promote «gun culture» in Westchester, Republicans maintained that disallowing the shows infringed on residents» constitutional rights.

The message then is the same now, Branson says: to demand better gun control, including universal background checks before gun sales, better safety for students and a ban on assault weapons.

Levine and McKnight also gauged whether the increase in accidental gun deaths was more pronounced in geographical areas in which gun sales surged higher than elsewhere in the country after Sandy Hook.

More than new gun regulations, Trump has focused on mental health issues, calling on states to pass measures allowing police to remove weapons or prevent gun sales for those who pose a threat.

FBI background checks, which give an indication of the state of U.S. gun sales, rose 1.1 percent in May from the prior year, according to adjusted data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

And YouTube has banned videos that promote gun sales for years.

Rep. Steve Israel calls on the Republican - controlled Congress to pass legislation to close gun sale loopholes and expand background checks held outside of the Great Neck South Middle School in Great Neck, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.

February 28, 2017 • The president signed a measure into law that rescinds an Obama - era rule aimed at blocking gun sales to certain mentally ill people.

«The fact that the spike in deaths is larger in states with the largest increase in gun sales reinforces the interpretation of a causal impact of the gun exposure.»

The company cited a risk to its business from restrictions placed on gun sales by retailers such Walmart Inc, Dick's Sporting Goods Inc and Kroger Co..

And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.

Although gun sales rose consistently during the Obama years, most of these sales were to existing owners, reacting to his appeals for more stringent laws after several mass shootings during his time in the White House.

FBI background checks for gun sales spike after mass shootings By John Maines and Yiran Zhu March 12, 2018 While mass shootings may drive some people away from owning firearms, for others they are motivation to buy.

But a measure requiring universal background checks for gun sales failed to pass through Congress.

For the full year in 2017, background checks by the FBI, a proxy for gun sales fell 8.4 % to 25.3 million.

His websites are now the first Google result for machine gun sales, and his business is a top 10 seller on Gun Broker, the nation's largest online firearms auction marketplace.

Fears that Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton would win the election and limit gun sales led to record purchases last year, but Trump's surprise victory has had a reverse effect, with 2017 sales falling and investors selling gunmaker shares.

Millner also pointed out that the quarter came a year after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to an increase in gun sales due to worries that about potential new gun restrictions.

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama unveiled executive actions on guns, which, among other things, are designed to make gun sales easier to monitor and keep guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited from having them because of criminal and certain mental health records.

Senate Democrats hope to use the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history to force Republicans to either curb gun sales to known or suspected terrorists or take what could be politically damaging votes in an election year.

Here are all the retailers that have changed their policies on gun sales following the Parkland, Florida shooting:

Under Cerberus, the company enjoyed years of expanding gun sales.

Background checks for gun sales shattered a record in March while celebrities and Parkland gun control activists pushed for more restrictions on Second Amendment rights.