Sentences with phrase «gun violence in this country»

If we want to have a significant impact on the epidemic of gun violence in this country then we must be willing to address the problem at its core.

We need to address the true threat of gun violence in this country and the easy availability of guns.

With national security driving the debate, Democrats see a more powerful argument than simply advocating the need to curb gun violence in a country of 320 million that has more than 310 million weapons.

3 If you're offering Parkland shooting survivors prayers, but are unwilling to deal with the problems of gun violence in this country in a practical way, those prayers are empty.

Baldwin tackled a lot of issues in his weekly SNL gig, including the ongoing discussion regarding gun violence in the country and the resignation of White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.

There is no other way to account for the way they are changing the conversation about gun violence in this country other than to say that they have incredible intellectual skills and a work ethic that drives them to excellence.

Also on view are large - scale American flags by New York artist Hank Willis Thomas, who has hand - embroidered over 15,000 stars, representing the number of people who lost their lives to gun violence in the country from 2016 to 2017.

The attempt to blame the shooting on the discipline reforms advocated in the Obama - era guidance is another in a long line of attempted distractions from the real issue: the need to strengthen our nation's gun laws to help reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

Problem is there was a so - called assault weapons ban that was enacted some years ago during the Clinton administration, and what the Justice Department found when they did a study of this after about 10 years of experience they found it had no appreciable effect upon the incidence of gun violence in our country.

Cuomo, speaking with reporters before marching in the Puerto Rican Day Parade, called the shooting a «terrible reminder» of gun violence in the country, which he has often decried following a mass shooting.

Though easy to overlook due to their diminutive size, the many disabled gun triggers, such as Trigger (Glock 22)(permanently disabled by Chip Flynn)(2017) by the anonymous artist operating as Puppies Puppies, displayed throughout the exhibit also acknowledge the epidemic of gun violence in this country and the futility of individual efforts to curb it.