Sentences with phrase «more gun safety»
«I don't want Trump to come, but we want more gun safety,» said 18 - year - old Kevin Trejos, a senior at the school.
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Artist Statement «Gun control equals more gun safety.
Cuomo listed the items that the new conference might achieve: «Child Victims Act, more gun safety, bail reform, the DREAM Act, banning outside income, campaign finance reform, early voting.
«The Child Victims Act, more gun safety, bail reform, the DREAM Act, banning outside income, campaign finance reform, early voting.»
«I don't want Trump to come but we want more gun safety,» said 18 - year - old Kevin Trejos, a senior at the school where 17 people were killed and 14 injured.
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Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.
The student organizers raised more than $ 3 million through an online GoFundMe campaign and worked with Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for universal background checks and other gun control measures.
Michael Bloomberg, the founder and primary funder of Everytown for Gun Safety has said quite openly that he is as much or more concerned about handguns as about assault rifles and that «having a gun at home when you have children is really dumb.»
Black survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, say that the gun control debate that has been raging since the tragedy has largely overlooked them — and argue that recent moves to increase school safety by increasing security would actually put them more at risk.
Socially, we appear to have made a collective decision that gun ownership is more important than our lives or safety.
Canada is far less religious than the US (way more atheists per capita), and yet has fewer abortions per capita, far less gun violence per capita (despite being just as ethnically diverse), is a peacekeeping country, less divorce per capita, has universal health care, more social safety nets, and Canadians are considered much nicer than Americans.
On the other hand, NARAL members were somewhat more likely to take the «pro-life» position on the matters of highway safety, antimilitarism, anti-imperialism, gun control and social egalitarianism.
Still, in Albany, the gun debate has mirrored the national discussion on the issue as Republicans have sought measures that would provide more armed school resources officers as well as metal detectors to bolster school safety.
Given everything that's happened of late, the Senate rejecting gun safety legislation appears to make so sense whatsoever — unless, of course, we consider the continuing and maddening congressional deadlock, the sinful lobbying powers of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the deeply - felt belief among many in the American public that more guns — not fewer guns — will keep us all safe.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.
School safety improvements and tougher gun control measures were in discussion: Assembly Democrats want to make it harder for domestic abusers to buy guns while Senate Republicans have pushed for more police and mental health services in the schools.
The SAFE Act made more rifles subject to a state ban on assault weapons, increased sentences for illegal gun possession and required mental health officials to report safety concerns about any patients with access to guns.
Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.
More than 800 related events are taking place around the world to call for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence.
The day, which is aimed at young people with more shooting experience, will include instruction on shooting safety, shotguns and cartridges, shooting law, gun fit and handling, patterning and range judging.
The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»
«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.
On gun limits and school safety, the poll showed voters by a 90 percent to 9 percent margin support measures to extend the waiting period for the purchase of firearms up to 10 days, from the current period of up to three days, to allow for more extensive background checks.
Gibson, a retired Army colonel who says he owns a couple of rifles and occasionally hunts, maintains there are sufficient laws on the books to control guns, and that the issues are more about mental health and public safety.
Henry said one of the more urgent problems in the district, especially in East New York, is gun violence and public safety.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Association of Erie County Governments urgently asks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo & the Legislative leaders to suspend this law as soon as possible and to look at all of the aspects of gun control using the proper legal procedure to bring about a law that will address gun control in a more logical manner, focusing on the real issues related to gun control — a law that will strengthen the effect on public safety and not infringe upon our constitutional rights.
His undercover gun - show tactics have led him into situations where he feared for his safety, and they have also raised protests from some gun - rights advocates, who charge that Wintemute is more a biased campaigner than a researcher.
Asked if she's ever worried about her own safety, given that a close friend of hers, Sabeen Mahmud, the owner of a progressive cafe in Karachi where Shah wrote two of her novels, was gunned down in her car one night last year for being outspoken, Shah says not any more than anyone else.
In a pre-emptive move against a school safety proposal from the National Rifle Association that is expected to include a call for more people trained and approved to carry guns at schools, a coalition of civil rights groups unveiled its own safety plan Thursday.
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Our YCW School Coordinators, who are certified as crime prevention practitioners, conduct more than 300 presentations per school year at the Miami - Dade County Public Schools on: YCW orientations, YCW installation, YCW appreciation, reporting crimes, school safety, school violence prevention, bullying & cyberbullying prevention, sexting prevention, stranger danger, personal safety, drug prevention, gun prevention, character education, online safety, anger management, McGruff, and much more.
While many districts favor a hands - off approach focused on safety as they prepare for the nationwide protest on March 14 — in which students throughout the country will walk out of class to advocate for gun... Read More
On the anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, more than 20 mostly Black and Brown - led youth organizations, representing thousands of youth of color from across the country, published a petition calling attention to their demands in the ongoing debate around school safety, gun control and violence against youth.
The book's title, Special Interest, invokes a term historically applied to wealthy and powerful entities such as oil companies, tobacco interests, and gun manufacturers, whose narrow aims are often recognized as colliding with the more general public interest in such matters as clean water, good health, and public safety.
Lowell said the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida forced high school students to think more seriously about gun violence and to add their voices to the national debate over gun laws and school safety.
Instead of more police and more guns that would create enormous fear, trauma and risk of injury or death, we need safety and disciplinary practices that will actually support and protect children from harm.
The new section will feature vehicle paint booths, prep stations, spray guns and safety / filtration / breathing apparatus, and more.
Because of the safety net, I never felt like I should pull back to try to be more cautious instead of running in with guns blazing.
Artist Statement «According to \ «Everytown for Gun Safety, \» more than 2 million children live in homes with unsecured guns.
He decided to do a more thorough «safety search» for the gun.
More than 1 million people are expected to attend the March for Our Lives in Washington D.C. hoping for changes to gun regulations and school safety.
The March for Our Lives, scheduled for Saturday, was organized by the students to continue the national conversation about gun safety and legislation in the U.S. and to put pressure on politicians to sign into law new measures to make large - scale acts of violence like what happened at their Parkland school less common and more difficult to replicate.
More than 800 related events are taking place around the world to call for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence.
Of that amount, more than $ 400,000 was in cash grants, while nearly $ 1.8 million came as in - kind donations ranging from equipment for high school air rifle teams to gun safety programs for younger children.
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.
Following meetings and demonstrations by students at the Capitol last week, more students will head to Tallahassee to demand the passage of common - sense gun safety legislation.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.
What will it take to bring about sensible gun safety laws and more mental health services?
PARKLAND, Fla. - Some Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are glad to see measures being taken regarding school safety, but they want more done regarding gun control.
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...