Sentences with phrase «included gun violence»

After the candidates talked about business, other topics included gun violence, energy policy, and foreign policy.

Convention topics include gun violence prevention and defending tenants» rights and affordability, among others.

It is curious that the Speaker called Isabel Morales, who even at the age of 105 spoke affirmatively about the use of militant tactics, including gun violence, to achieve liberation, «our» national patriot.

Yet, even at the age of 105, Isabel Morales spoke affirmatively about the use of militant tactics, including gun violence, to achieve independence.

Police reports matched these perceptions showing significant reductions in overall crime, including gun violence, and nuisances.

Not exact matches

While federal gun control laws are stalled, the group's school violence prevention training programs are expanding rapidly across the country, including to the Los Angeles public school district.

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

Several Republican politicians and government officials including President Donald Trump have suggested that mental illness was to blame for the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday that left 17 people dead — but researchers say evidence suggests there is no traceable link between mental illness and gun violence, and that a much more widespread issue is to blame.

All too often, though, our elected officials respond to public health crises like gun violence and firearm - related deaths not with action — but with deflective statements that inevitably include their thoughts and prayers.

But like Cruz many mass killers exhibit a common set of traits that include depression, troubled family backgrounds, a fascination with guns and violence and aspirations of becoming a soldier, said Peter Langman, a psychologist and author of two books on school shooters.

Sen. Bill Galvano, a Republican and the incoming Florida senate president, said the state Senate was preparing a package that would include raising the age to purchase any firearm to 21, creating a waiting period for purchasing any type of firearm, banning bump stocks that can enable semi-automatic guns to spray bullets quickly and creating gun - violence restraining orders.

Survivors, students, and parents of victims of past school shootings — including the most recent massacre in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman murdered 17 — gathered at the White House to share their stories and ideas for protecting students from gun violence.

Part of the package also includes a report clarifying that the CDC can conduct research on gun violence, reversing a 22 - year - old prohibition.

That package also included the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, doesn't include any specific gun control measures, but increases grants for school safety measures, such as security training and metal detectors.

She has a speech prepared for the meeting; it includes «facts about the lives we lose in just one day» from gun violence.

Besides guns, those who engage in family violence use an assortment of other weapons, including knives, boiling water, and just plain old fists.

Come Saturday morning, these multiple faith organizations, including Central Presbyterian, not only made an appearance in D.C., but showed up in full force, signs in hand, ready to march alongside one another to support an end to gun violence.

The campaign includes the release of a Mother's Bill of Rights, laying out the basic rights the group believes moms want and need to protect their kids from gun violence.

U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer urged VP Joe Biden to include two important measures in his task force's final recommendations to combat gun violence, set to be released this month.

This year we are moving forward with new measures to make our laws even stronger, including preventing individuals with a history of domestic violence from purchasing or owning guns and extending the background check waiting period to up to 10 days.»

Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal introduced a bill that would outlaw all high school shooting sports programs in the state — including air rifle teams and archery clubs — on the premise that they feed into a gun and shooting culture that could lead to violence.

The measures include proposals that would ban so - called undetectable firearms that can not be seen by an x-ray or metal detector, strengthen background checks and allow the victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers.

In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Kingston Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.

The amendments, though voted down, come as Republicans in the state Senate have signaled support for possible gun control legislation, which could include making it harder for those deemed too dangerous to obtain a firearm and closing up loopholes in the prohibition against people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from keeping and obtaining guns.

In New York state, this has taken many forms, including a series of marches to protest Trump, gender inequality, and gun violence.

The four proposals — which also includes the creation of a «research institute» to study gun violence — are hardly «radical,» Stewart - Cousins said.

I am also still fighting for other additional measures to prevent the epidemic of gun violence and protect New Yorkers, including my microstamping bill.

The law expands the list of crimes that bar someone from owning a gun to include several misdemeanors that constitute domestic violence.

Members include elected representatives of urban, suburban, and rural areas who have come together in recognition of the unique role state legislators must play in preventing gun violence.

Cuomo also has proposed additions to the state's gun control laws, including extending laws that confiscate the firearms of people who commit domestic violence to include misdemeanor offenses.

The package of common sense gun control measures put forward by NYLGVP, including my bill closing the bump stock loophole, will reaffirm New York as a leader in the fight against gun violence and save lives.

While hearing testimony from numerous speakers, including relatives of victims of local gun violence, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call to pass a bill that would make illegal gun trafficking a federal offense.

(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun vViolence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun vViolence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun vViolence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun vViolence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violenceviolence.

President Obama penned on OpEd on gun violence and proposed some reforms, but did not include the high - capacity magazine ban being pushed by Rep. Caroline McCarthy.

The proposals include one that would automatically take guns away from abusers convicted of domestic violence, including those convicted of certain misdemeanors.

McQuillen said as horrific as the Las Vegas deaths are, the total is still less than the average number of 90 Americans killed each day due to gun violence including suicides and domestic violence.

Cornell has called upon Janet Hasson, president and publisher and CynDee Royle, editor and vice-president of News to initiate a capital campaign, sponsored by the paper, that would help to fund some of the proposals put forward by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to address gun violence and school safety, including needed mental health and social services and school resource officers.

The resolution, drafted by Common Council Majority Leader and SUNY New Paltz professor of American history Rennie Scott - Childress, runs nearly 800 words and includes statistics and statements on the causes and toll of mass shootings and other forms of gun violence.

He said he opposed recreational marijuana, and spoke at length about his approach to curbing urban gun violence, which would include investments in mental health treatment and «deterrence» of rational criminals who would realize their marks could be armed.

Other issues the new mayor and city council will have to tackle include infrastructure, crime, a spate of arson, gun violence, and a proposed 9.3 percent tax hike.

Under Cuomo's proposal, all guns would immediately be removed from anyone convicted of domestic violence crimes, including misdemeanors.

Cuomo, himself the owner of a Remington rifle, says the bills represent «common sense» measures in response to recent gun violence, including the Newtown, Connecticut shootings one month ago.

Both were asked about their latest thoughts about the gun violence debate, including whether new legislation banning more powerful firearms is in order.

«Ron is doing everything he can to help our nation address the issue of gun violence, including enlisting the support of many other leaders in the tech community,» his spokesman Aaron McLear told techPresident.

Senate bill (S2132) would protect lawful gun owners, including thousands of retired and active law enforcement and victim of domestic violence survivors, from having their information publicly disclosed.

Mr. Kelly was at the Sheraton to speak on gun violence to the assembled hundreds, including elected officials and four major Democratic candidates for mayor.

Governor Cuomo, himself the owner of a Remington rifle, says the bills represent «common sense» measures in response to recent gun violence, including the Newton Connecticut shootings one month ago.

On Wednesday night, at the Democratic National Convention, U. S. Senator Chris Murphy, D - Conn., joined family members of victims of gun violence, including the Sandy Hook School shooting, to advocate for stronger federal gun control laws.

Republicans have been criticized by conservatives for the way in which the measure was passed and going along with Cuomo's push for the law (the Senate GOP has noted the measure included provisions to stem gun violence and criminal activity, which they said would not have gotten into the law without their negotiating for it).

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.