Sentences with phrase «hearing on an assault weapons»
February 28, 2013 • The Senate held its first hearing on an assault weapons ban Wednesday, with activists pushing for tighter gun regulations sharing a table with gun - rights activists.
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Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.
The Florida Democratic Party chair said state House Republicans turned their backs on the survivors of the Parkland shooting this week when the chamber voted not to hear a bill banning semi-automatic assault weapons.
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A rally outside the state Capitol featuring more than a thousand gun - control activists became a raucous Senate committee hearing Monday as gun - control activists filled the room, hooting and hollering as speaker after speaker demanded a ban on assault weapons, and hissing and booing as NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer warned that a proposed ban «stops short of banning every gun known to man.»
At a hearing in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, citizens — including families from Stoneman Douglas — pleaded with the Constitution Revision Commission to give Florida voters the chance to be heard on a constitutional amendment that would ban assault weapons.