Sentences with phrase «gun shooting events»

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Whatever spurred the event, it is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history — and Paddock's victims join a growing number of people in the US that were intentionally killed at the end of a gun.

Shot Show is a playground for people who like guns, but it's also a great event for business opportunities.

Walmart said in a statement that it had reviewed its policy «in light of recent events, «a clear reference to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and has reignited the gun debate across the country.

Kevin Wozniak, a sociologist at UMass Boston, reviewed polls after the Newtown school shooting in 2012 and found that the event coincided with a temporary spike in support for gun control, followed by a leveling off and return to pre-mass shooting opinion by the end of 2013.

You know, you are right, it is a monthly event, largely because not enough good folks have guns to shoot back.

Having decided that antique weapons were all right, he competed in the 50 - yard bench gun event at the Marion County Fish and Game Association Shoot.

Kansas schools that refuse to allow teachers to carry guns could be held legally responsible in the event of a tragedy under a proposal drafted after last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school.

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.

A newly galvanized community of gun owners has demonstrated their distaste for the law with everything from a statewide «Shot Heard» Round New York» event to a quiet refusal to comply with the assault rifle registration requirement.

«At a time when our country is mourning the loss of 17 lives in a mass shooting, it is profoundly disappointing that a storied Coney Island institution, with a long history of being a strong civic and community partner, is choosing to host a National Rifle Association fundraising event that includes raffle giveaways of guns.

Creeden was the fourth teenager in a row at CPAC to tell me they'd be willing to strengthen federal gun laws in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — a stark contrast to the event's official speakers and many other CPAC attendees.

BASC and York Guns will co-host an event with author and leading fox shooter Robert Bucknell to showcase the latest equipment for night shooting and night vision.

Santorum's comments came a day after protesters assembled at March for Our Lives events in Washington and across the country to demand gun control legislation in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

-- Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will be on the University of Boulder campus this afternoon for an event with Lonnie and Sandy Phillips, who lost their daughter in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings, to call for urgent action on gun safety.

It has become increasingly popular for members of the news and entertainment industries and other gun control advocates to ridicule lawmakers for offering «thoughts and prayers» in the wake of mass shooting events.

Jim Carrey is certainly known for doing things his own way and not necessarily taking the popular path, as he has done in the past with his crusade against preservative laden over-vaccination and his current fame as a Twitter ranter against both access to guns and violence in movies; a recent series of tweets targeted a film he actually appeared in, Kick Ass 2, which he now says he can not endorse with a clear conscience due to its level violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings and many other similar events.

On the other hand, shots fired, one man down, another being threatened with a gun, concerned farm wife is watching events unfold through her kitchen window — that one actually happened about 1 A.M., and when I arrived, there was one dead man on the ground, another potential victim had fled into a tall corn field, and the suspect had headed for the barn.

His other projects include a life size inflatable Trans Am, 30» x 25» inflatable smoke, and event based social sculptural projects that range from giving free beer to the public, allowing himself to be shot with a taser gun, producing and promoting heavy metal cover band concerts, and taking on the identity of a stock broker for over a year, requiring a change in his hairstyle and address.

Original post As details emerge about Omar Mateen, the man authorities have identified as the attacker behind the worst mass shooting in United States history, it's impossible not to be shaken by the dark resonance with a scenario President Obama laid out earlier this month in responding to a gun owner who criticized his and Hillary Clinton's positions on gun control during a PBS town - hall - style event.

Shortly after the tragic shooting events in Newton, Connecticut late last year, a newspaper serving suburban communities just outside New York City decided to publish on its website a map of gun permit holders.

Lucdwin Luck of Fort Lauderdale, one of the gun - rights advocates, said he was disappointed his question about the status of an investigation into breakdowns that led to the Parkland shooting wasn't answered during the event.

The city - owned space has held the gun show for decades, but the event has come under scrutiny since the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, and its promoter agreed not to have a March show after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.