Sentences with phrase «more gun restriction»
«What's really exciting,» said Kelly, an advocate for more gun restrictions, is «they're not going to be students very long — they're going to be voters.»
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Staunchly pro-gun Florida bucked the NRA to pass the first gun restrictions in the state in more than 20 years, in consultation with the families of Parkland victims.
The law imposes new restrictions on firearm purchases and the possession of «bump stocks,» funds more school police officers and mental health services, broadens law enforcement's power to seize weapons, and allows certain staff members to carry guns in schools.
That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.
A week after a gunman opened fire with an AR -15-style assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and prompting a rash of student - driven lobbying for new gun restrictions, Mr. Trump met for more than an hour with grieving people in search of solutions.
A year ago, the nation's most powerful gun lobby was riding high: The millions the National Rifle Association had spent to help elect Donald Trump, one of the nation's most gun - friendly presidents, had paid off, and members were hopeful that more firearms restrictions would soon be eased.
It's gotten so bad that the common local response to the worst shooting rampage in Roseburg, Oregon's history (America's latest mass shooting du jour) is to get more guns and not to tighten restrictions on gun sales, to the point that some residents didn't even want President Obama to come to their state.
Mayor Bloomberg's gun control group is dropping more than $ 250,000 on cable TV ads featuring surveillance video from the Columbine High School massacre to urge the Senate to put new restrictions on gun sales.
The legislation was introduced as a response to renewed calls for gun restrictions in the wake of the mass shooting at a... [Read more...]
The measures all now move to the Democratic - led Assembly, which is considered more supportive of restrictions on guns.
A Cuomo campaign spokesman said the 60 - year - old governor «has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.
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Many of the preferred measures stayed about the same, but bans on assault weapons and large - capacity magazines or restrictions on ammunition purchases were determined to have more of an effect on mass shootings than everyday gun violence.
(CNN)- A day ahead of March for Our Lives, the South Florida school shooting survivors leading the gun control demonstration made their presence felt Friday in Washington, pressing lawmakers for their cause and asking why more restrictions hadn't already been passed.
Restrictions on bump stocks, the device that makes semiautomatic weapons more like machine guns, faltered in Washington after they were used in the Las Vegas massacre.
The vote follows a lengthy amendment process Tuesday in which Democrats were foiled in attempting to end the guns - in - schools program and place more restrictions on firearms.
In TV interviews, Andrew Pollack has stressed the recent law enacted by Gov. Rick Scott — which included the first major gun restrictions for Florida in more than a decade — was a school safety bill, not a gun control bill.
They saw the Florida House and Senate pass the first gun - control restrictions in more than 20 years by increasing the age limit and putting a three - day waiting period on guns.
The student are seeking more restriction on gun sales, including a ban on semi-automatic weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used in the Parkland shooting.
She said she'd like to see more metal detectors at schools, more police, and improved mental health care before any discussion of gun restrictions.
Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, a more moderate Republican voice on gun restrictions, described several bills she has sponsored to strengthen background checks, prevent straw purchasing and to stop people on the no - fly list from purchasing firearms.