Sentences with phrase «guns bought back»

More guns bought back meant bigger drops in suicide rates, she says.

«With gun buy back events, we have the potential to take unwanted guns out of circulation as we continue our fight to make our communities safer,» Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

The NYPD and several churches throughout the Bronx are organizing a gun buy back program.

The Manhattan DA's office is looking into the feasibility of doing a gun buy back on the Lower East Side, a spokeswoman said.

The NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney's office have sponsored successful gun buy backs in Harlem, including one last October that netted more than 120 revolvers and semi-automatics, each exchanged for a $ 200 bank card.

LOWER EAST SIDE — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is calling on the city to hold a gun buy back program on the Lower East Side after several recent shootings there.

In this show curated by Boris Bally, artists from around the world share their feelings about gun violence in works featuring real disabled guns from Pittsburgh's gun buy back program.

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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California wants to ban assault weapons, instate a federal gun buy - back program for those who own them and criminally prosecute those who refuse to hand them over.

Back when he was too young to legally buy a rifle, her son had mentioned he wanted to buy a gun.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

Removing any doubt that he might have misspoke, the president circled back later to complain that there are too many «checks and balances» that limit what can be done to prevent mentally unfit people from buying or keeping guns.

Enforceable universal background checks, an end to gun trafficking, and prosecution of straw purchasers (when someone with a clean record buys a gun legally and then sells to someone who would pass a back ground check) are all commonsense measures we can take with action from our elected officials.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced another gun control proposal on Sunday, backing a measure that extends background checks from three to 10 days when buying a firearm.

However, a previous gun amnesty, which was carried out in 1996, allowed the government to buy back almost 700,000 newly outlawed guns though the one in 1996 was for guns that were outlawed after gun reforms.

The Trump administration last night proposed providing some school personnel with «rigorous» firearms training and backed a bill to improve criminal background checks on gun buyers, but backpedaled on the idea of increasing the minimum age to buy certain firearms — a policy President Donald Trump had said he would support.

A Cuomo aide hit back, listing accomplishments over his seven years in office, including paid family leave, a $ 15 minimum wage, marriage equality, raising the age of criminal responsibility — and the SAFE Act, which requires universal background checks to buy a gun.

In recent weeks, legislation to prevent people on the no - fly list from buying guns has been backed by President Obama and largely supported by congressional Democrats.

A quick report from WNYC on the NYPD's gun buy - back program, which hits the Bronx Saturday.

WHITE PLAINS — Sponsored by the New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the gun buy - back program on Friday was a success, as over 100 guns were turned in to law enforcement for a cash reward.

Trustee Finger announced that the New York State Attorney General's Office, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office and the Westchester County Executive's office are sponsoring a gun buy - back program on Friday, April 13, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, at Mt. Hope Zion Church in White Plains.

Gun buy back programs run by law enforcement are popular, but may not reduce gun violence in cities.

This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it — that we are really just a nation of 320 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, backed a proposal on Friday to increase the age of firearm purchases to 21 as well as school security measures and increased safeguards on background checks to bar mentally ill people from buying a gun.

More than 1200 guns have been taken off the street, thanks to the Bronx gun buy - back program held this past Saturday.

Here's a story about the gun buy - back program held March 2009 on a weekend when there were 13 shootings.

Police Commissioner Kelly says that «programs like the gun buy - back have real quantifiable results.

«I can not continue to be a member while the NRA refuses to back closing loopholes that allow the mentally ill, criminals, and terrorists to buy guns in this country,» former state Assemblyman John Oceguera emailed his supporters.

The gun buy - back will be held at Mount Hope A.M.E. Zion Church, and all weapons must be unloaded and placed in a bag or box.

A money - saving tip: Buy patterned fabric with a theme — we like fruit (shown), birds, shells, palm trees — mount on square wooden frames (like ones sold at Ikea), and attach fabric in the back with a staple gun.

Murphy's Chris and his gang are looking to buy guns to ship back to Ireland to help the cause in his homeland.

When we meet them, they have a job picking roses — a job they soon lose and end up back at home, sitting around, playing with guns and buying Dr. Pepper from the supermarket.

Kind of like a gun buy - back program.

If John Howard hadn't bought back our guns, we'd be feasting on lighter - than - air bacon this Christmas.

This brings us to our concluding, yet vital point: «buying back» guns is not really much of an option as it is the government that will need to confiscate millions of firearms.

President Donald Trump had previously backed raising the age on buying some guns as well as showing support for incentivizing states to report information the national background check system.

Gov. Rick Scott does not support the voluntary program, but does back other measures in the bill including, banning bump stocks and raising the age to buy a gun to 21.

Congress has shown little inclination to defy the powerful NRA and tighten gun laws, and Trump backed away from his initial support for raising the minimum age for buying an assault rifle to 21.