Not exact matches
So I will
not feel safe going back to school myself until reasonable mental health care
legislation and
gun control legislation is
passed.
After Newtown, you said, «If you
passed the strongest
gun control legislation tomorrow, I don't think it will have a profound effect on the tragedies we have seen.»
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat -
controlled state Assembly on Tuesday
passed legislation aimed at reducing
gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who
control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the
gun control issue.
«I will
not feel safe going back to school myself until reasonable mental health care
legislation and
gun control legislation is
passed,» Hogg said.
In both the gay marriage and the
gun control vote, Republicans conceded to put the
legislation on the floor, but they did
not have to provide the majority of the votes to
pass it.
Sharpe said the
gun control legislation passed after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting does
not make people safe.
A spokeswoman for the Independent Democrats says, in a statement, «We can
not speculate on the motives of Senator Skelos,» and points out that the two groups
passed gun control legislation, gay marriage and expansion of pre-kindergarten when they co-led the Senate.
Trump's tweet Saturday said: «Just like they don't want to solve the DACA problem, why didn't the Democrats
pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration.
Trump did allude to
gun laws in a different tweet Saturday, accusing congressional Democrats of
not favoring new
gun laws: «Just like they don't want to solve the DACA problem, why didn't the Democrats
pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration.