Sentences with phrase «new gun control measures»

What's remarkable about the polling is how much of it reflects bipartisan support for new gun control measures.

Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers.

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.

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.

Cuomo urged the president to go with his gut and support new gun control measures after last month's Parkland, Florida high school shooting that killed 17 people.

The incident re-ignited Cuomo's push for new gun control measures nationally in order to tighten the flow of illegal weapons into New York.

ALBANY - An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers, a poll released Monday morning found.

Obama believes new gun control measures could help stem the tide of mass shootings in the United States in the wake of the deadly Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

The endorsement comes as lawmakers in Albany are considering new gun control measures in the wake of a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.

Republicans on Tuesday emerged from a closed - door conference to not rule out new gun control measures as well as backing funding for school security upgrades, such as metal detectors and armed resource officers.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

She also believes New York missed out on a crucial moment to enact new gun control measures after the recent mass shootings.

The racially motivated shooting by Dylan Roof led to a national debate over the prominence of the Confederate battle flag through much of the South, but a conversation over new gun control measures nationally was more muted.

The presidents of each grade spoke at the podium to demand new gun control measures in the Lower Hudson Valley and across the country.

The governor urged Democrats in Congress to make the issue a top priority, and even adopt the GOP's tactics in an attempt to get new gun control measures approved.

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.

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.

Congress, however, has yet to adopt new gun control measures that would apply to the rest of the country.

Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to pass new gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.

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.

Cuomo has also put in an appearance this week at a student walkout protesting gun violence and pushing for new gun control measures.

Cuomo's statement is in line with his reaction to the shooting over the summer at a movie theater in Auroa, Colorado, when he said he would support new gun control measures in 2013.

Republican lawmakers, however, are unlikely to take up new gun control measures in New York, even as GOP elected officials nationally support efforts for increasing the age to buy a firearm to 21.

What about the narrowest reinforcement of existing background check rules — the Fix NICS Act — which wouldn't actually establish any new gun control measures but just make sure federal and state agencies complied with current law?

Republicans have not ruled out passing new gun control measures that would make it harder for people convicted of domestic abuse or who have mental illnesses from owning firearms.

Cuomo has already rolled out a series of proposals over the last several weeks for the new year, beginning with a new gun control measure designed to take guns away from domestic abusers to combating student loan and spending $ 34 million to overhaul Stewart Airport in the Hudson Valley to name three of the more than a dozen or so proposals unspooled.

But the Republicans who lead the Senate have not been receptive so far to new gun control measures.

Lawmakers this year pursued a range of new gun control measures, such as a bill that would expand background checks in New York to 10 days, following a shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people on Feb. 14, part of a nationwide outcry on the issue.

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.

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.

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

«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.

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.

Morse and a second state senator who backed the state's new gun control measures were recalled during a special election that month.