Sentences with phrase «gun sales after»

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.

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.

April 10 Bank of America Corp plans to stop lending to companies that make military - style firearms for civilians, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, making it the second major U.S. lender to address gun sales after the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead in February.

The state imposes a three to five - day waiting period before a gun sale after mandatory background checks.

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The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms industry to improve gun safety and sales policies after another deadly mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school in February that left 17 people dead.

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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.

Gun makers Sturm, Ruger and American Outdoor Brands fell to multiyear lows Wednesday after Trump talks tough on guns, Dick's stops assault rifle sales.

Gun sales slumped after the 2016 presidential election, as fears that a Hillary Clinton presidency would usher in new gun control legislation dissipated with Mr. Trump's victory.

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.

Gun maker Remington Outdoor Co. is planning to file for bankruptcy protection as early as next week as it built capacity when gun sales were soaring but sales dropped after Mr. Trump took office.

After the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., both Dick's and Walmart WMT, -0.13 % announced an end to assault weapon and high - capacity magazine sales, along with a requirement that gun buyers be age 21 or older.

The NRA is filing a lawsuit against the state of Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a bill prohibiting gun sales to anyone younger than 21 on Friday.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

Colorado required background checks for private gun sales and limited magazines after 12 people were killed at a movie theater in 2012.

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Gun sales didn't go up after the NRAs statements, they went up after Obama publically entertained the thought of more gun control.

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Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting.

Minutes after Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a historic gun control bill Friday, the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit alleging that the new law violates the Second Amendment because it raises the sales age for guns from 18 to 21.

The attorney general's office developed the guidelines after an investigation in 2011 found that private sales at gun shows often occurred without legally mandated background checks.

The speech came shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and Cuomo focused on his seven - point SAFE Act that featured the toughest assault weapon ban in the nation, required more stringent background checks for gun sales, and banned direct ammo sales over the internet.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says a moratorium on Internet sales of ammunition won't be lifted under a deal with state Senate Republicans that modifies gun control laws enacted after the 2012 Connecticut school massacre.

To estimate gun sales during the months after the shooting, Levine and McKnight looked at the number of federal background checks on individuals seeking to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer as a proxy.

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.

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.

After Tesla CEO and all - round benevolent billionaire Elon Musk released a «Boring Company» flamethrower for sale as a reward for the community having purchased 50,000 hats, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford got in contact to see if he could put the gun in the «next Borderlands game.»

(CNN)- A week after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history, Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced a comprehensive plan to keep students safe in his state, including suggestions to raise the minimum age to buy a gun, keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill and ban the sale of bump stocks.

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit against the new law in federal court almost immediately after it was signed, contending the bill's ban on gun sales to those under 21 was a violation of the Second Amendment.