Sentences with phrase «national gun reform»

Young people have started a national gun reform movement that people shouldn't dismiss, according to Adams.

Three years after First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

Three years after NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer, who has worked on de Blasio's successful universal pre-K initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Obama's campaign, to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

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Just days after a gunman opened fire at her school and killed 17 of her peers, Florida high school senior Emma Gonzalez used her voice to call national attention to gun law reform.

Trump's comments come at a time when gun reform is once again being heavily discussed across America, and many businesses are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.

Instead, the bill reflects what the National Rifle Association is most comfortable with: a gun reform bill that doesn't actually touch guns or impact how Americans buy them.

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

Students are also pushing for gun law reform with the National School Walkout.

The Governor would like to add to the SAFE Act, saying he heard students and adults on National Walkout Day demanding gun reform.

Nevertheless, Bloomberg has pressed ahead with a coalition against illegal guns that he launched several years ago, started an immigration reform coalition of mayors and business leaders, including Rupert Murdoch, and brought on three deputy mayors with either national political or government experience — Howard Wolfson, Robert Steel and former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith.

Suggestions for gun reform include reinstatement of the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, the banning of high - capacity bullet clips, improved background checks for people with histories of mental illness, and initiating a national gun registration / inspection system similar to the motor vehicle registration / inspection system.

As for the mayor, just 3 percent of those polled in Manhattan as well as 3 percent citywide believe his third term is going better than the first two, although a majority say that his involvement in national issues, including immigration reform and gun control, is good for the city.

In an invitation to the event next week shared with POLITICO, de Blasio is described as «an outspoken progressive voice on national issues including immigration reform, fair trade agreements, gun laws, transportation infrastructure and climate change,» who «exemplifies the values of Vermont Democrats.»

As the Parkland students attract national attention, a White House visit and letters of support for their demands for gun reform, McDade and other Chicago teens whose lives have been affected by gun violence say they aren't envious that they haven't experienced a similar spotlight.

Morris Jeff Community School's middle and high school students posed a walk out to press for gun reform as part of National Walk Out Day on March 14, 2018.

He is chairman of the National Governing Board for Common Cause, and has served on boards of several advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and reproductive rights.

YouTube has emerged as an important node in the national debate around gun violence and gun reform following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February.

In the days that followed, student survivors quickly mobilized to form the #NeverAgain movement, and have emerged as national voices in the growing movement to reform US gun law.

The adoration of rules was a pretext for yet another abasement to the National Rifle Association, which is suing the state in federal court over the modest gun reforms the Legislature passed in response to the Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

During the main protest in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, teens carried signs blasting the National Rifle Association and calling for common - sense gun reform.

The students joined a national student effort to bring attention to gun violence and gun control reform.