Sentences with phrase «illegal guns»

And his heroic fight against illegal guns has made the mayor a national leader on the issue.

The legislation is not a full repeal of the law, which also dealt with the use of illegal guns as well as strengthening penalties for those who kill first responders.

The shadow minister for home affairs has promised that a Conservative government would preserve the right for people to legitimately possess firearms while cracking down on illegal gun culture.

Even if the council won't accept that, it can't ignore the ongoing reality that it gets illegal guns off the streets.

The bill updates the state's assault weapons ban, reduces the number of bullets in a magazine from 10 to seven and strengthens criminal penalties for illegal guns.

How is this ban going to make anyone safer when most of the crime is done by illegal guns, mainly hand guns?

The students, many of whom have experienced gun violence first hand, related their stories to lawmakers and asked them to find solutions to reduce the flow of illegal guns into their neighborhoods.

There are no factories making and selling illegal guns.

If «evangelicals» want gun violence and illegal guns gone then DO something to make it happen.

The bill would require firearms sellers to report efforts to make illegal gun purchases to police.

«There are too many illegal guns on our streets,» she said.

There are no federal laws that prevent the trafficking of illegal guns between states.

There will always be a constant and steady supply of illegal guns to purchase when legally purchasing guns becomes too difficult.

The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund released a statement claiming victory over Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns in a Nebraska mayoral race.

«If he does nothing during his 2nd term, something like 48,000 Americans will be killed with illegal guns,» Bloomberg told Meet the Press.

But opponents of microstamping note that Bloomberg — who sees the NRA as Public Enemy No. 1 in the fight to keep illegal guns off city streets — is the single largest donor to the Senate GOP.

Cuomo also said from day one he expected state lawmakers would be making technical changes to the law which also ensures background checks for gun buyers, tougher criminal penalties for illegal gun use and a mandatory life without parole sentence for killing a first responder.

I encourage all New Yorkers to call their state senators and ask them to support microstamping because we need all the help we can get to take illegal guns out of the hands of criminals.

The states at the time announced they would create a research consortium, which Cuomo calls «a major step in our multistate partnership to research responsible gun safety legislation and take new steps to prevent illegal guns from crossing state lines.»

The law, known as the SAFE Act, expanded the state's ban on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.

Buffalo police have focused on getting illegal guns off the streets, Mayor Byron W. Brown said, pointing out that during his tenure as mayor, the city has collected more than 16,000 guns.

The ATF is also the agency responsible for illegal gun trafficking into states like New York.»

Klein carried the bill in the Senate, while Republicans pushed — and won — a host of provisions that ranged from strengthening measures for criminal activity involving illegal guns and an expansion of measures concerning the violently mentally ill.

«While we know the perpetrators of these atrocities have a wide variety of political views, my comments are in response to a question about the failure to prosecute illegal gun crime,» Tenney said.

«While we know the perpetrators of these atrocities have a wide variety of political views, my comments are in response to a question about the failure to prosecute illegal gun crime.

Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, a co-chair of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns New York, joined us to discuss.

As your state senator, I will fight for commonsense laws that take illegal guns off our streets.»

While county Democrats contend that the shows would increase the likelihood of illegal gun sales as well as work to promote «gun culture» in Westchester, Republicans maintained that disallowing the shows infringed on residents» constitutional rights.

Bloomberg is set to endorse Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Barrett, who's also the mayor of Milwaukee and is part of the New York City chief executive's Mayors Against Illegal Guns group sources confirm.

In statements after the Newtown shooting on Friday, IDC Leader Senator Jeff Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who will jointly lead the new Senate governing coalition with Senator Klein, says he's interested in pursuing measures to «curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences».

We have more gun violence, more illegal gun violence in New York City and parts of Upstate New York.

Not only will this groundbreaking partnership take new steps to prevent illegal guns from crossing state lines, but by forming the nation's first Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, we will be able to better inform policymakers nationwide on how to keep their communities safe.»

And not only was the Democratic AG contender appearing in an upstate urban center, but he was also standing with law - and - order Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, who formally endorsed the Manhattan lawmaker's statewide bid and his plan to crack down on gun violence, combat illegal guns, and shut down gun smuggling.

Along with king - pins David Soares also plans to go after illegal guns.

«We must act to remove illegal guns from our communities.»

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However, the last thing we would do is come to our place of work with guns, settle beefs with guns, or even associate with people who carry illegal guns.

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We already have thousands of gun laws, yet criminals still aquire illegal guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns reports that recent independent polls have found that 90 percent of North Carolinians support background checks for all gun buyers.

DiPietro suggested, then, the new law would would ultimately lead to police being forced to confiscate illegal guns from peoples» homes.

«Eric has never shied away from the tough fights, and I trust that he won't shy away from the fight against illegal guns either.

Assemblyman McLaughlin has repeatedly stood up for gun rights on the Assembly floor and in the press, calling the Governor's illegal gun tipline an initiative that «seeks to turn neighbor against neighbor.»

The de Blasio administration is opening an investigation into the possible sale of illegal guns over the Internet.

George Longworth, commissioner of county Public Safety, said at a joint Board of Legislators committee meeting last week that there are no recorded illegal gun sales that have been directly attributed to the gun shows recorded.

Vance said national legislation is needed to curb the flow of illegal guns because prosecutors can not solve the problem simply by making more arrests.