Sentences with phrase «including bans on assault rifles»

They're calling for stricter gun laws, including bans on assault rifles and high - capacity magazines and an end to background check loopholes.

Assault rifle amendment: The Senate on March 3 voted against including a ban on assault rifles in their gun legislation.

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The company also called on lawmakers to pass «common sense gun reform,» including the banning of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines, and bump stocks, enact universal background checks, and more.

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.

A federal ban on the manufacture of certain rifles deemed to be «assault weapons» took effect in 1994, and the list of covered rifles included the AR - 15.

The use of high - powered semiautomatic rifles in recent mass shootings, including by Cruz, police say, and in last year's killing of 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas, has sparked calls to reinstate the 10 - year ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004.

Cuomo put forward a list of proposed laws that include: implementing a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines, a single license standard across the state for background checks, closing the loophole on private sales, and an increased onus on mental health professionals to report at - risk individuals.

Survivors of the Parkland shooting quickly became the faces of a national conversation on gun control, and are lobbying lawmakers for more restrictive gun laws — including a ban on assault - style rifles and higher - capacity magazines.

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters polled in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre want stricter gun laws, including universal background checks for gun buyers, a higher minimum age for gun purchasers, and an outright ban on assault - style rifles.

The commission lacked the 10 - member quorum to take action on the proposals, which included banning assault rifles, banning high - capacity magazines, banning the sale of devices to turn an semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one and banning gun shows on county - owned property.