Sentences with phrase «new gun control»

«I as well as most of the people in this room support the Second Amendment and an individual's right to own a gun,» Hastings said Wednesday at the announcement of a new gun control organization in Coral Springs.

President Donald Trump has suggested he's open to new gun control laws, and started a discussion about what lawmakers can do to address mass shootings in the US after he announced his support to ban bump stocks.

A bill prohibiting domestic abusers and people under restraining orders from owning firearms became America's first new gun control law since the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre.

TALLAHASSEE — About 50 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School met with lawmakers Tuesday, telling their stories of last week's shooting that left 17 dead in the hope legislators will pass new gun control laws.

In response to the Sandy Hook school massacre, numerous new gun control laws were passed, a few of which actually tightened restrictions.

Looks like the president's new gun control measures didn't come soon enough for Cruz, the blind California sea lion pup that lost his eyesight to gunshot wounds.

While some investors are simply worried about new gun control measures, others simply can not justify to themselves the idea of profiting from products that result in negative externalities.

She also argued that buyers who feared new gun control laws and raced to buy firearms may have been new owners and less apt to handle guns safely.

Particularly high spikes for these search terms occurred following two occasions when President Obama spoke about the need for new gun control legislation.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York will spend $ 27.74 million to develop the first statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun control law.

The Siena College poll comes after last month's mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and at a time when Gov. Cuomo and Assembly and Senate Democrats have pushed a variety of new gun control measures.

Republican support had already begun to slide after Cuomo championed new gun control laws back in January.

In the wake of mass shootings in suburban Denver and Newtown, Conn., last year, Colorado became one of the few states to pass new gun control legislation.

County Legislator Kevin Holmquist says one of the reasons it took so long to award a contract for the software, was the state's new gun control law, called the NY SAFE Act.

New York State Police admitted they wrongly identified a local person under the state's new gun control law.

Regulations in NY SAFE, the new gun control law passed this week by the state of New York, preclude the release of gun permit information for a 120 - period, allowing gun - owners to request a privacy exemption.

People hold signs during a Turn Albany Upside Down rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Hundreds of opponents of the stateà «Â's new gun control law say it infringes on their

People hold signs during a Turn Albany Upside Down rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Hundreds of opponents of the stateà «Â's new gun control law say it infringes on their right to bear arms, criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislators, chanting for freedom and taking a collective oath to uphold the constitution.

His slide began shortly after his State of the State message, where he outlined a progressive agenda, including a women's equality act that included an abortion rights provision, public financing of political campaigns, and strict new gun control laws.

Pollster Mickey Carroll says the governor's numbers started dropping right after Cuomo convinced the legislature to pass tough new gun control laws, known as the New York SAFE Act, in mid-January.

Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials are holding public forums around the state to discuss what's in the law.

«We saw after Vegas people screaming and yelling to do everything to call for martial law to throwing the bill of rights into the shredder,» he said of a push for new gun control measures.

Klein, who is 54, has not responded to Gay City News» requests for comment — either during the legislative session or now as the primary campaign is winding up — but in a recent debate on NY1 defended his progressive credentials by pointing to his key role in enacting the governor's new gun control law early last year and in funding pre-K education this year.

Washington (CNN)- The leading bipartisan negotiations in the Senate for new gun control legislation would favor expanding background checks but would fall short of the universal approach backed by President Barack Obama and many Democrats, CNN has learned.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says the hasty manner in which New York's strict new gun control laws, call the NY SAFE Act, were passed during the first full day of the legislative session this year was «wrong,» and he hopes not to repeat that when deciding key end - of - session issues in June like siting casinos or approving an anti-corruption package.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York's new gun control law Tuesday, after it passed the state Senate and Assembly on the first two days of their session.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The National Rifle Association says the secret negotiations and lightning - fast passage of New York's tough new gun control laws squelched the powerful gun lobby's ability to mount opposition.

The Lower East Side's new state senator, Brian Kavanagh, is helping to lead a coalition in Albany in support of new gun control laws.

New York State's new gun control measures were rushed through Albany and changes to that legislation are soon to come.

Reaction to New York's new gun control law from prosecutors is generally positive.

It's the second big contract Remington has announced this year since New York state passed new gun control laws.

As the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, Senate Republicans are likely to oppose new gun control legislation, focusing instead on beefed up school security.

In the weeks after politicians in Albany quickly passed the new gun control measures, fears in the plant's nearly 200 - year - old hometown of Ilion rose about the company closing or relocating.

Gianaris says he'll be talking to the governor's aides in the coming days about the new gun control bills that he is writing.

Rep. Chris Collins has done this, as has Rep. Tom Reed earlier on Friday as well after the state Democratic committee launched an ad campaign knocking his opposition to new gun control measures.

The number he said, has been climbing rapidly, especially after the 2013 NY SAFE act which introduced a number of new gun control measures and led some gun owners to fear that even tougher restrictions were on the way.

Students advocating a range of new gun control measures met with Republican leaders apparently set on a package of narrower measures; House Speaker Richard Corcoran said here that he saw AR - 15 rifles as legitimate hunting weapons.

Two counties in New York's north country are putting the finishing touches on resolutions expressing their opposition to the state's new gun control law.

A federal judge has upheld most of New York's new gun control law, rejecting arguments that its bans on large - capacity magazines and the sale of some semi-automatic rifles violate Second Amendment rights.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who championed strict new gun control laws in New York after the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut shootings killed 20 children, says national gun policy is «insanity» and «disgusting.»

Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard is clarifying his recent comments regarding New York's new gun control law.

Mr. Cuomo had been a longtime supporter of gun control, and after the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., last summer, he instructed his aides to begin developing new gun control proposals.

Before New York's new gun control law was even passed, lawmakers were acknowledging that they would have to pass a second measure to clean up some of its errors.

Oswego County is the latest local government to push for a repeal of New York state's new gun control laws.

Kashkari's recent statements in opposition to new gun control could help him win over skeptical gun owners, who overwhelmingly backed Tea Party Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R - Twin Peaks, in the June primary.

Also at noon, Sen. Mike Gianaris will be joined on the steps of City Hall in NYC by supporters of his new gun control legislation.

Cuono and King also discussed New York's passage of new gun control laws, specifically banning assault weapons, which the Long Island Republican said he supports.

Cuomo has often spoken of issues in New York having an impact on the rest of the country, ranging from the passage of new gun control laws to the legalization of same - sex marriage.

Colorado's new gun control law has caused a backlash in that state, but it's more relaxed than New York's SAFE Act.

The backlash against New York's new gun control law, the NY SAFE Act, continues, with the Wilton GOP announcing today it unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to the measure and calling on fellow party committees to do the same.