Sentences with phrase «new gun restrictions»

In towns like Dahlonega, Ga., smaller rallies sought to demonstrate a desire for new gun restrictions even in rural, Republican - leaning communities where gun ownership is common and support for the Second Amendment is strong.

In a statement Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said GOP lawmakers were preparing a package of bills to bolster school safety but did not mention anything about new gun restrictions.

It took the public's call for action after the Parkland shooting to shame Scott and the Florida Legislature into passing the state's first new gun restrictions in decades.

Millner also pointed out that the quarter came a year after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to an increase in gun sales due to worries that about potential new gun restrictions.

Some states, including Florida, have passed new gun restrictions, as Vox's Jen Kirby explained:

Mr. Pollack said he did not favor adopting new gun restrictions, but pleaded for Democrats and Republicans to come together to create new school safety measures.

The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

Washington has begun responding to demands from students and advocates that federal officials address school safety after a shooting at a Florida high school last month, although new gun restrictions and other politically controversial shifts don't appear to be in the cards in the GOP - controlled Congress.

Legislation on school safety is bubbling in the Republican - controlled Congress, though new gun restrictions don't appear to be in the cards.

A week after a gunman opened fire with an AR -15-style assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and prompting a rash of student - driven lobbying for new gun restrictions, Mr. Trump met for more than an hour with grieving people in search of solutions.

The teenagers have advocated vocally and relentlessly for new gun restrictions and called out lawmakers for inaction.

A week after a gunman opened fire with an AR -15-style assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and prompting a rash of student - driven lobbying for new gun restrictions, Mr. Trump met for more than an hour with grieving people in search of solutions.

The NRA is suing Florida over its new gun restrictions and Florida's gubernatorial candidates are weighing in.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says law enforcement officials don't get to pick and choose which laws to enforce — and that includes the sheriffs opposed to new gun restrictions.