Sentences with phrase «member shoots a gun»

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Delta's move to end discounts for NRA members came in the wake of this month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead and reignited the gun control debate in America.

Shortly after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, 89 % of the U.S. population, including 84 % of gun owners and 74 % of NRA members, supported universal background checks.

He and other Democratic leaders have previously criticized Republican members of Congress for failing to pass gun - control legislation after mass shootings.

It became clear that the company's members weren't taking aim at the issue of hunting or sport shooting but wanted to see more discussion around gun control, he said.

The school district where a student opened fire two years ago, shooting two students, is now allowing teachers and other staff members to bring guns into classrooms.

While some of the high school students joining the trap shooting team have experience with firearms through hunting with family members or shooting BB guns and air rifles for sport, Jenson says that a large number of interested participants have never handled a firearm or ever done trap shooting.

«I have the boys shoot with both eyes open, and I teach them that they should think of the gun or bat as merely a working member of their body.

All too often, a toddler, preschooler, or older child will find a loaded, unsecured gun under a bed, on a nightstand, or in a closet, etc., and unintentionally shoot themselves or another family member.

«In the days and weeks following the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, members of our community from all backgrounds have come together to support common - sense policies that will keep our families safe from gun violence,» Lunsford said.

Embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El - Zakzaky was flown out of Nigeria for treatment of gun shot injuries he suffered during the encounter between his supporters and members of the Nigerian Army last year, multiple security sources told Vanguard in Abuja yesterday.

In the wake of a high school shooting in Texas on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an «open letter» to President Trump and members of Congress, writing in all - capital letters to «DO SOMETHING» about gun violence.

Now if the police had enough evidence or witnessed a crime happening, failed / neglected to act accordingly by arresting, then later that day or the next day that crazy guy walking around with a gun shoots you or kills a family member, hell yeah sue.

(New York, NY)-- Two weeks after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention — a non-partisan coalition of legislators from across the country — announced today that lawmakers in 30 states have introduced or are planning to introduce Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation that would empower family members and law enforcement to help prevent gun violence.

(New York, NY)-- A week and a half after the shooting at Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a coalition of New York legislators and gun violence prevention advocates today urged the State Senate and Assembly to promptly hold votes on a bill sponsored by Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon that would empower family members and law enforcement to prevent gun violence.

TWO members of the UK's largest shooting organisation, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) are celebrating after each won a new Browning shotgun in the latest «Member Get A Member» gshooting organisation, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) are celebrating after each won a new Browning shotgun in the latest «Member Get A Member» gShooting and Conservation (BASC) are celebrating after each won a new Browning shotgun in the latest «Member Get A Member» gun draw.

Connecticut's two U.S. senators joined members of the state's LGBTQ community and gun violence prevention advocates in marking the one - year anniversary of the Orlando nightclub shooting on Monday.

«As a life member of the NRA, gun owner and shooting sports enthusiast, I am proud to have the NRA stand with me in defense of our Second Amendment,» Tenney said.

Just one week after the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard which left 12 dead, Congressman Charles Rangel; Geoffrey Eaton, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Mid-Manhattan Branch; Jackie Rowe - Adams, co-founder of Harlem Mothers SAVE; Daniel Maree, founder of the Million Hoodies Movement; members of the Newtown Action Alliance and the Campaign to Unload; and other gun control activists gathered on Tues., Sept 24th.

In total, 21 pheasants were shot, with the remaining birds taken home by the young Guns and those syndicate members who supervised the day.

The convention will also focus on Clinton's push for stricter gun control, featuring family members of those shot in the Orlando nightclub massacre, along with the daughter of the principal at Sandy Hook elementary school.

America's worst shooting massacre prompted the same sort of reactions from local members of Congress as all other such tragedies have, with Democrats calling for additional gun - control measures and Republicans resisting and blaming the Democratic president for a perceived inability to confront and control terrorism.

Lori Haas, right, the mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, hugs Francine Wheeler, center, mother of Ben Wheeler, who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, as Fred Guttenberg, left, the father of 14 - year - old Jaime Guttenberg, who was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, arrives to speak during a Democratic meeting to hear from survivors of gun violence and family members of victims.

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.

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.

But the chance to hone them could be in jeopardy thanks to an asinine bill from a downstate Assembly member who wants to ban air rifle and archery as school sports on the ridiculous assumption that shooting on a school team creates a «gun culture.»

Cuomo, during a conference call with reporters, accused GOP members in Congress of «political pandering to the NRA» by refusing to consider gun control legislation — even after deadly shootings like the one in Texas on Sunday.

In the wake of the Orlando shooting which killed 49, Higgins joined other Democratic House members in protesting the Senate's inaction on gun safety legislation.

After the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando in 2016, local artist and GSD member Kim Sillen organized the Senator Portrait Project — images of the US Senators who take NRA money and vote against gun safety laws.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew praised the vote by the three teacher members of the New York City Teachers» Retirement System to sell the $ 13.5 million pension fund holdings in publicly traded securities of gun and ammunition manufacturers as «the right thing to do» in the wake of the December school shootings that left 20 children and six adults dead in Newtown, Conn..

The problems began when investigators funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that having a gun in the home tripled the chance that a family member would get shot.

Sandy Hook parents Mark and Jackie Barden, who lost their youngest son, Daniel, in the shooting (and are also featured in Kim A. Snyder's more elegiac Sundance premiere, «Newtown»), are the first among many family members of gun - violence victims profiled by Soechtig and returning «Fed Up» narrator - host - exec producer Katie Couric.

Later, a troubled teenager fires a gun inside a busy convenience store and then kills an abusive family member with several, close range shots to the chest.

It has become increasingly popular for members of the news and entertainment industries and other gun control advocates to ridicule lawmakers for offering «thoughts and prayers» in the wake of mass shooting events.

As a member of parliament, Brown continued to participate in peaceful demonstrations, including one in 1992 when pro-loggers fired gun shots and fire bombed environmentalists» cars.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun - control - advocacy group, analyzed FBI data on mass shootings from 2009 to 2016 and found that in 54 percent of cases, the victims included the shooter's current or former spouse or intimate partner, or another family member — and 16 percent of attackers between 2009 and 2015 had previously been charged with domestic violence.

Jules Vernes» 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon imagined three members of a gun club shooting themselves into space, launching decades of fantasizing about manned exploration beyond our planet's domed heavens.

I am sure that if the police knocked at his door with a warrant that a family member would run to the bedroom, grab the gun and start shooting police or flushing guns down the toilet... the crown did say they were worried about officer safety.

They were joined by fellow members of «The Mass Shooting Generation» from across the country, some as young as 11, who also lost friends and loved ones to gun violence.

In the days following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 students and staff members dead, including five Jewish victims, South Florida synagogues and temples offered a variety of community services, such as grief counseling, tributes and special Shabbat services with sermons on the shooting and gun violence.

A handful of commissioners floated proposals that would impose stricter gun regulations, such as a ban on assault - style weapons, following the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in which 14 students and three staff members were shot dead by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz.

The magazine on Thursday revealed the cover of its April 2 issue, which features Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are leading the national conversation about gun control in the wake of the Valentine's Day shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and faculty members.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor Mei - Ling Ho - Shing, 17, participates in a discussion about the need for gun control with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schults and Broward County School Board member Rosalind Osgood.

The initiative aims to bring change to gun laws by writing letters to 535 members of Congress in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, Florida lawmakers passed a $ 400 million gun control and school safety bill on Wednesday, defying some members of the National Rifle Association as well as anti-gun More...

In past mass shootings, it has been common for family members of victims to become passionate, outspoken gun control advocates.

The adult cult members broke glass in the room and shot off guns as they would repeat to her, «You are evil», «You are a reincarnate of the devil», «All that we do to you you deserve and have asked for».