Sentences with phrase «including gun legislation»

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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 spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

A number of issues have fallen out of the talks, including criminal justice reform and gun control legislation.

DiPietro said the Governor wanted the legislation to include a «two gun limit» for each household or each person in New York State.

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.

Abbey Fashouer, a spokeswoman for Cuomo's re-election campaign, has said the governor's progressive record is «unmatched,» including helping to raise New York's minimum wage, and pushing for gun - safety legislation and the legalization of same - sex marriage.

Lawmakers in Colorado debated controversial new gun control legislation in 2013 in reaction to the Aurora theater massacre, including a 15 round limit on magazine capacity and tougher requirements on background checks.

While some, including the Erie County District Attorney, welcome the updated legislation, others are raising questions about the governor's history with gun rights issues.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

In the wake of the Florida school massacre, the Democrats will tack on bills that have been stonewalled in committees — including banning bump stocks plus beefing up background checks and a law that allows courts to take away a disturbed person's guns — to unrelated legislation already up for votes.

Lawmakers have since February debated gun control legislation that include measures geared toward strengthening background checks, banning bump stocks and making it harder for the dangerously mentally ill to purchase a firearm.

The students also delivered thank you cards to legislators who have voted for gun safety legislation including the SAFE Act and Nicholas's Law child safety law.

(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 violence.

Senate Republicans have approved measures aimed at strengthening school safety in recent weeks, including measures aimed at funding school resource officers, a move Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he is opposed to and has backed traditional gun control legislation.

Two state senators and two assemblymembers, including Republican Jim Tedisco, say they are drafting legislation after two New York City police officers were gunned down in their car over the weekend.

That, the congressman said, would require legislation but he is working with gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association and Shooters Committee on Political Education, to increase armed protection.

It was so very interesting to watch, observe and see Senator Greg Ball, a Republican, accomplishing his agenda by including exactly what he wanted into the gun legislation bill, and then — oh, how he played Columbo like a real master, using the Democratic Conference as a rubber stamp!

Sponsors of the legislation say they aren't opposed to all parts of the SAFE Act, including provisions related to gun ownership by those who have been convicted of a violent crime and increased penalties for those who murder a first responder — the so - called Webster provision.

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

NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature Tuesday night voted on three separate resolutions pressing both federal and state lawmakers in Albany to implement additional gun control and mental health legislation, including amendments to the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act.

Murphy also pledged to sign legislation to make New Jersey's gun laws safer, including a bill that would limit those with mental illness from purchasing guns.

Other private corporations since the shooting have revised their policies in the absence of gun - control legislation, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Best Western and MetLife, which stopped giving discounts and perks to members of the National Rifle Association.

That includes legislation to restrict access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse, which has been proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and tightening other laws for gun ownership.

But the budget is also notable for what it did not include: a measure that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits, voting reforms such as early voting and gun control legislation Democratic lawmakers had pushed in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead.

Cuomo spent much of the speech highlighting his record, including passing gun control legislation, a property tax cap, gay marriage and a new push to pass a $ 15 minimum wage for all New Yorkers.

Calls for tighter gun control legislation come as a gunmen killed 26 people in a Connecticut elementary school, including 20 children, before killing himself.

McGee didn't reveal his strategy for getting such a ban through the GOP - controlled House, but Senate Democrats this week said they would attempt to attach gun legislation, including an AR - 15 ban, to bills moving through the Legislature.

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler this afternoon became one of the first elected officials to call for new gun - control legislation in the wake the shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut that has left nearly 30 dead, including 18 children.

Asked about including new rules for scientific research of guns in the bill, Emanuel suggested that was extraneous, comparing it to the distracting talk of «midnight basketball» programs the last time Congress tried to pass major gun control legislation in the early 1990s.

Katko, R - Camillus, submitted his legislation only two days after he chaired a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing that examined recent security breaches at airports, including one that involved an insider scheme to smuggle guns on planes.

A smattering of congressional Republicans — including some who have been staunchly opposed to gun control legislation — now suggest that they would be willing to take at least small steps toward restricting gun rights.

The newest quarterly reports include contributions from April 20 to June 30 and include the dates of a dramatic two - day Democratic protest in Congress over Republicans» unwillingness to vote on gun control legislation.

The Republicans in the chamber are also aided by an eight - member group of breakaway Democrats — the Independent Democratic Conference — who work with the G.O.P. and give them an extra buffer against some legislation they dislike, a list that this year includes early voting, gun control and any new taxes.

The state's congressional delegation got a lot of cutaway shots, including U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, whose district includes Newtown, and her guest, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle (Gabby) Giffords, an advocate for legislation to reduce the sort of gun violence she suffered.

A bill introduced in the state Assembly would repeal numerous elements of the gun control legislation, including the five - year pistol permit recertification requirement, restrictions on firearms transfers and statutes pertaining to mental health.

Collins last year introduced legislation that would nullify much of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's NY SAFE Act, a sweeping set of gun control measures including a ban on sales of assault weapons in New York stores, Kowalczyk said.

Instead, an official report that accompanies the legislation notes that while it includes language to prohibit the CDC and other agencies from funding activities to advocate or promote gun control, «the Secretary of Health and Human Services has stated the CDC has the authority to conduct research on the causes of gun violence».

We've devoted two of this week's prompts to this news story, but given the extraordinary week of news in general — including an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas, the defeat of gun control legislation and the letters with ricin sent to President Obama and a United States senator from Mississippi — our classroom collaborators have included a new piece in the feature this week: teaching tips for working with sensitive or complex new stories.

These bills include extreme gun laws, like Florida's «Stand Your Ground» law implicated in the Trayvon Martin shooting, union - busting legislation, Arizona style anti-immigrant legislation and voter suppression laws that have sparked lawsuits across the nation.

The legislation, which did not include any gun law reforms, was introduced in the weeks after 17 people died in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Moreover, just as was the case with cap and trade legislation, other issues, including immigration, gun control, income inequality, banking regulation, and revisions to the health care bill may take top legislative priority over climate change.

And according to CBC News Now, other major legislation that will be dealt with this session includes immigration, financial services review, copyright reform (Bill C - 11), the omnibus crime bill (Bill C - 10) and doing away with the long gun registry (Bill C - 19).

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The new legislation raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, extends a three - day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns and bans bump stocks that allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire.

The mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas, then the eighth school shooting of the year, moved the young survivors - turned - activists to push lawmakers to address gun violence in American schools with comprehensive gun control legislation, including bans on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

In the weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a South Florida high school, some Republicans — including, at least briefly, President Trump — have broken ranks with the gun rights group to support modest gun control legislation, such as raising the age limit for buying assault weapons and banning so - called bump stocks, which turn semiautomatic weapons into something close to machine guns.

After weeks of public deliberation — including expressing support for some gun control measures — Trump has not yet outlined what he would like to see in legislation.

The legislation identified 65 gun makes, including an AR - 15, the rifle used in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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